SONS  OF  THE 

AMERICAN  REVOLUTION 

HAWAII 

1912 


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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Anniversaries    4 

Historical  Sketch  of  the  Hawaiian  Society 5 

Officers   of   the   National   Society 37 

Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  the  National  Society 37 

Officers  of  the  Hawaiian  Society 48 

Constitution  and  By -Laws  of  the  Hawaiian   Society 48 

List  of  Past  Officers  of  the  Hawaiian  Society 51 

Ancestral  Eecords  of  Members 52 

List  of  Members 80 

Index  of  Ancestors 82 

List   of   Officers   and   Members   of   Aloha   Chapter,   Daughters   of   the 

American   Kevolution    .  83 


ANNIVERSARIES. 

The  following  are  the  days,  among  others,  which  we  celebrate 

February  22 — Birth  of  Washington. 

May  10,  1775 — Surrender  of   Ticoncleroga. 

June  14,  1777 — Adoption  American  Flag. 

June  17,  1775— Battle  Bunker  Hill. 

June  17,  1895 — Founding  of  the  Hawaiian  Society. 

June  28,  1776— Fort   Moultrie. 

July     4,  1776 — Declaration  of  Independence. 

August  16,  1777 — Battle   of   Bennington. 

October     7,  1780 — Battle  of  King's  Mountain. 

October  17,  1777 — Surrender  of  Burgoyne. 

October  19,  1774 — Annapolis  Tea  Party. 

October  19,  1781— Surrender   of  Lord   Cornwallis. 

November  25,  1783 — Evacuation  of   New  York. 

December    16,  1773 — Boston  Tea  Party. 

December    26,  1776 — Battle  of  Trenton. 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH  OF  THE  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY  OF 
THE  SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION. 


The  Hawaiian  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Eevolution  was  or- 
ganized June  17,  1895,  on  the  anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Bunker  Hill, 
with  only  eighteen  members.  A  constitution  based  upon  that  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Society  was  adopted,  and  the  following  officers  chosen: 
Peter  Cushman  Jones,  president;  Albert  Francis  Judd,  vice-president;  John 
Effinger,  secretary;  William  DeWitt  Alexander,  registrar;  William  Joseph 
Forbes,  treasurer;  board  of  managers,  Eev.  Douglas  Putnam  Birnie,  John 
Walter  Jones  and  Henry  Weld  Severance. 

The  annual  business  meetings  of  the  Society  have  ever  since  been  held 
on  the  17th  of  June. 

Since  the  organization  of  the  Hawaiian  Society  there  have  been  many 
celebrations  of  anniversaries  of  Revolutionary  historical  events.  Some  of 
the  accounts  of  these  celebrations  have  been  taken  from  the  minutes  of  the 
Society  and  others  gathered  from  the  files  of  the  Pacific  Commercial  Adver- 
tiser, which,  together  with  other  Honolulu  papers,  has  given  prominent  place 
in  its  columns  concerning  all  the  patriotic  work  of  the  Hawaiian  Society. 
***** 

The  one  hundred  and  twenty-first  anniversary  of  the  Battle  of  Lexington 
was  celebrated  (April  19,  1896)  at  the  home  of  Chief  Justice  Albert 
Francis  Judd.  After  an  invocation  by  Eev.  Douglas  P.  Birnie,  Hon.  Peter 
Cushman  Jones,  president  of  the  Society,  delivered  an  address  upon  the 
significance  of  the  day  in  which  the  patriotic  sires  of  those  present  had 
made  the  stand  against  the  troops  of  King  George.  Hon.  Albert  Francis 
Judd,  vice-president,  was  the  next  speaker,  followed  by  Mrs.  W.  W.  Hall's 
rendition  of  Longfellow's  poem,  "Paul  Revere 's  Eide,"  which  was  greeted 
with  applause.  Mrs.  Henry  Castle  then  spoke  interestingly  on  ' '  Lexington 
One  Hundred  Years  After." 

This  town  has  been  Mrs.  Castle's  home,  and  she  described  the  great  cere- 
monies at  the  one  hundredth  anniversary  of  the  Battles  of  Lexington  and 
Concord  when  President  U.  S.  Grant  and  thousands  of  Americans  wended 
their  way  to  this  liberty  spot.  Though  but  a  child  at  that  time,  Mrs. 
Castle  remembered  the  dreary,  drizzling  day  and  the  great  crowds  that 
thronged  the  village  on  that  auspicious  day.  The  old  house  in  which  Paul 
Eevere  had  his  interview  with  John  Hancock  and  Samuel  Adams  was  de- 
scribed, and  although  still  inhabited  was  being  pulled  down  right  on  the 
heads  of  the  dwellers  therein  by  patriotic  relic  hunters.  Marble  slabs 
mark  the  spots  of  interest  around  these  historic  towns  and  the  annual  re- 
currence of  the  19th  of  April  brings  a  concourse  of  people  from  all  over 
the  East  to  Concord  and  Lexington  to  view  again  the  place  where  our  fore- 
fathers laid  down  their  lives  for  liberty.  Mrs.  Castle  was  at  Lexington  a 
year  ago  and  found  the  place  thronged  on  that  day  with  sightseers.  All 
through  Massachusetts  and  in  all  the  older  States  markers  have  been  placed 
by  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Eevolution  on  the  spots  where 
great  events  occurred  in  the  War  of  the  Eevolution. — Advertiser. 
***** 

The  Surrender  of  Cornwallis  was  celebrated  by  the  Society  on  Monday 
evening  (October  19,  1896)  at  the  Y.  M.  C  A.  building,  and  was  attended 
by  many  of  Honolulu 's  prominent  men  and  women.  The  decorations  were 
handsome,  the  American  colors  predominating,  with  a  beautiful  setting  of 
flowers  and  plants.  A  large  map  showing  the  location  of  Yorktown  and 


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interesting  points  of  strategical  army  movements,  prepared  by  Compatriots 
Judd  and  Dickey,  was  conspicuously  displayed.  On  the  stage  were  seated 
Hon.  Albert  Francis  Judd,  then  vice-president  of  the  Society;  Eev.  Douglas 
P.  Birnie,  and  Captain  Nathan  Appleton,  the  honored  guest  of  the  evening. 
After  the  invocation  had  been  offered  by  the  Eev.  Mr.  Birnie,  Secretary 
John  Effinger  called  the  roll,  when  all  but  eight  of  the  members  residing  in 
Honolulu  responded.  Two  letters  from  absent  members  were  read,  as 
follows : 

ONOMEA,  October  12,  1896. 

Mr.  John  Effinger,  Secretary  Hawaii  Society  Sons  of  the  American  Eevo- 
lution,   Honolulu : 

Dear  Sir  and  Compatriot: — Thanks  for  card  of  invitation  to  Cornwallis 
Day,  but  I  cannot  join.  The  last  Cornwallis  celebration  I  took  part  in  was 
held  in  old  Marlboro,  about  sixty  years  since.  It  used  to  be  a  quasi-holiday 
in  our  part  of  Massachusetts.  Colonel  Wood  of  our  town,  as  colonel  of  the 
militia  in  that  vicinity,  as  of  right,  represented  Washington  (and  perhaps 
Lafayette).  His  command  was  made  up  of  the  Marlboro  Eifles  (a  crack 
volunteer  company),  the  Marlboro  Militia  Company,  Sudbury  Eifles,  Stow, 
Acton,  Concord,  and  other  companies  of  that  vicinity.  The  invading  British 
were  a  scrub  set  from  other  neighboring  towns.  As  a  boy,  of  course  my 
special  attraction  and  admiration  were  our  ' '  Old  Continentals ' ' — com- 
panies with  no  uniforms  but  in  old  clothes  of  '76,  with  queues  and  two 
wigs,  flat  hats,  powder  horns  and  old  muskets,  and  a  band  of  painted  In- 
dians with  bows,  arrows  and  tomahawks.  The  enemy  were  driven  into  a 
fort  on  rising  ground,  and  by  skillful  generalship  we  took  their  works. 
O,  it  was  a  glorious  day!  My  grandfather's  musket  was  in  the  action, 
but  I  am  sorry  to  say  it  is  no  longer  in  evidence.  Asa  G.  Thurston  and  I 
wished  to  celebrate  one  Fourth  of  July.  We  took  the  barrel  from  the 
stock,  loaded  it  with  plenty  of  powder,  put  in  a  long  piece  of  iron  that 
fitted  the  bore,  fixed  and  chained  it  to  a  heavy  "A."  harrow,  laid  a  long 
slow  match,  which  we  fired,  and  then  prudently  retired  behind  the  barn. 
From  our  standpoint  our  plans  had  proved  a  success.  The  harrow  was 
not  injured,  the  slug  went  through  the  side  of  the  mill  house,  to  be  sure, 
but  did  not  pass  through  the  head  of  a  large  cask  of  vinegar  in  which  it 
was  imbedded;  but  only  fragments  of  the  old  Continental  remained.  When 
called  to  account  the  next  day  at  headquarters,  our  only  defense  and  miti- 
gating plea  was:  "But  we  are  here,  unharmed,  and  the  old  scrimshoned 
powder  horn  is  safe. ' '  We  hadn  't  relics  enough  in  the  garret  to  go  'round, 
but  one  at  a  time  we  could  equip  ourselves  in  cocked  hat,  canteen,  sword 
and  powder  horn  and  conquer  Indians,  British  or  any  other  invading  foes. 
From  a  hill  on  the  farm  we  could  look  over  into  Concord,  Acton,  and  Lex- 
ington, and  "almost  discover"  Bunker  Hill,  and  shout  to  our  ancestors — 

"Stand,  the  ground's  your  own,  my  braves — 
Will  you  give  it  up  to  slaves? 
Will  you  look  for  greener  graves? 

Hope  you  mercy  still? 
What's  the   mercy   despots   feel? 
Eead  it  in  yon  battle's  peal,"  etc.,  etc. 

The  story  of  how  they  heard  us,  and  thought  of  us  and  "stood  their 
ground"  for  us  through  those  long,  dreary  years  will  never  grow  old,  and 
we  do  well  to  renew  their  memory.  I  can  scarcely  account  for  my  troubling 
a  stranger  with  all  this  tiresome  yarn,  but  doubtless  a  Compatriot  will 
forgive.  Yours  sincerely  and  truly, 

WARREN  GOODALE. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  7 

HILO,  October  15,  1896. 
Mr.  John  Effinger,   Secretary: 

Dear  Comrade: — The  notice  of  the  reunion  of  the  S.  A.  R.  has  been  duly 
received.  Many  thanks.  I  sincerely  regret  my  inability  to  attend.  Hilo 
Sons  are  unfortunately  cut  off  from  enjoying  these  pleasant  reunions,  but 
we  are  with  you  in  spirit,  and  would  greatly  enjoy  being  there  in  body  to 
participate  in  the  celebration.  Very  truly  yours, 

L.  SEVERANCE. 

Hon.  Albert  Francis  Judd  was  the  first  speaker  of  the  evening  and  read 
the  following  interesting  paper: 

"Ladies  and  Gentlemen,  and  Comrades  of  the  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution: — The  objects  of  this  Society  will  be  more  fully  enlarged  upon 
by  the  principal  speaker  of  the  evening,  who  will  follow  me.  The  Hawaiian 
Society  cannot,  as  its  sister  chapters  in  the  United  States  do,  erect  monu- 
ments commemorative  of  the  events  of  the  War  of  Independence  of  the 
American  colonists,  being  in  a  foreign  land;  so  it  has,  besides  the  general 
objects  of  the  Association,  the  special  one  of  promoting  a  knowledge  of 
American  history  among  the  young  of  these  Islands.  It  is  gratifying  to 
notice  so  many  young  persons  present  here  tonight.  History  is  a  noble 
study — interesting  to  all  classes,  and  is  becoming  more  and  more  an  essen- 
tial part  of  a  liberal  education.  The  first  gun  of  the  Revolution  was  fired 
at  Lexington,  Mass.,  on  the  19th  of  April,  1775,  the  anniversary  of  which 
event  this  Society  duly  celebrated.  Without  attempting  to  sketch  the  in- 
tervening events,  the  various  campaigns  and  battles,  which  were  conducted 
with  varying  success  on  either  side,  the  epoch  culminating  in  the  American 
victory  at  Yorktown,  Virginia,  celebrated  tonight,  begins  in  1780,-  nearly 
six  years  after  Lexington  and  Concord. 

Benedict  Arnold's  treachery,  by  which  he  had  planned  to  deliver  West 
Point,  and  as  a  corollary  the  whole  Hudson  river,  to  Sir  Henry  Clinton,  the 
British  commander,  had  been  exposed  by  a  timely  capture  of  Major  Andre 
and  the  discovery  of  the  papers  of  the  plot  on  his  person.  This  was  in 
October,  1780.  In  May  of  the  same  year  General  Lincoln  had  allowed  him- 
self to  be  cooped  up  in  Charleston,  S.  C.,  and  after  a  siege  of  two  months 
had  surrendered  with  his  whole  army.  At  Camden,  S.  C.,  Lord  Cornwallis 
had  defeated  General  Gates,  thus  annihilating  for  the  second  time  in  three 
months  the  American  army  at  the  South.  The  historian,  John  Fiske,  says 
this  was  the  darkest  period  of  the  war.  Count  Rochambeau,  the  French 
ally,  with  six  thousand  men,  was  blockaded  and  hemmed  in  on  Rhode  Island 
by  the  British  fleet  and  troops.  The  value  of  the  Continental  money,  being 
irredeemable  paper,  had  fallen  to  about  zero.  It  had  taken  $150  to  buy 
a  bushel  of  corn,  and  $2,000  for  a  suit  of  clothes,  and  now  the  people  re- 
fused to  take  the  Continental  money  at  all,  and  resorted  to  barter.  The 
Articles  of  Confederation  between  the  thirteen  States  had  not  been  ratified, 
and  the  only  way  that  the  Continental  Congress  could  get  either  money  or 
soldiers  was  by  asking  the  States  to  furnish  them.  Great  Britain  was  at 
war  with  France,  Spain,  Holland  and  the  American  Colonies.  She  had 
her  hands  full.  This  would  account  for  the  weakness  with  which  the  war 
was  conducted  on  both  sides.  The  British  plan  of  campaign  at  this  time 
was  to  first  reduce  all  the  States  south  of  the  Susquehanna  river  to  subjec- 
tion, and  in  fulfillment  of  this  design  Cornwallis  had  started  south.  His 
road  was  inland,  away  from  the  supplies  which  the  British  fleet  could  fur- 
nish him.  At  "King's  Mountain,"  the  backwoodsmen  from  Kentucky,  Ten- 
nessee, the  Carolinas  and  West  Virginia,  under  partisan  leaders,  defeated 
Ferguson,  killing  and  wounding  four  hundred  and  taking  seven  hundred 
prisoners — all  that  were  left — losing  themselves  only  twenty-eight  killed 
and  sixty  wounded.  The  British  army  was  in  a  territory  where  the  inhabi- 


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tants  were  unfriendly.  This  victory  was  the  first  gleaming  forth  of  the 
silver  lining  of  the  dark  cloud.  Hearing  of  this  disaster,  Cornwallis  fell 
back  to  Winnsborough,  S.  C.,  and  sent  for  reinforcements. 

General  Greene,  second  only  to  Washington  as  a  tactician,  took  command 
of  the  army  operating  here,  succeeding  General  Gates,  who  was  a  failure. 
His  army  was  of  only  two  thousand  men.  Baron  Steuben  was  recruiting  in 
Virginia.  Leslie,  and  after  him  Arnold,  operated  against  him  with  British 
troops  sent  from  New  York.  General  Greene  divided  his  army  into  two 
forces.  Marion,  the  ' '  Swamp  Fox, ' '  with  his  squirrel  hunters,  threatened 
Cornwallis'  connection  with  the  coast,  and  Dan  Morgan  threatened  Corn- 
wallis' inland  posts.  Tarleton,  a  gallant  cavalry  soldier,  was  sent  by  Corn- 
wallis with  one  thousand  one  hundred  men  to  wipe  out  Morgan;  but  this 
was  too  large  a  contract  for  him,  and  they  met  at  "Cowpens,"  South 
Carolina,  January  17,  1781,  when  with  only  nine  hundred  men  Morgan  sur- 
rounded Tarleton  and  killed  and  wounded  two  hundred  and  thirty  and  took 
six  hundred  prisoners  and  all  their  guns.  Tarleton  escaped  with  only  two 
hundred  and  seventy  men.  The  American  loss  was  only  twelve  killed  and 
sixty-one  wounded.  By  most  skillful  strategy,  Greene  moved  the  two  parts 
of  his  army  northward  in  converging  lines  until  they  met  at  Guilford  Court 
House.  Here  a  battle  took  place  March  15,  1781,  and  Cornwallis,  though 
he  had  the  nominal  victory,  holding  the  field  and  repulsing  the  Americans, 
lost  nearly  one-third  of  his  troops  and  had  to  retreat  to  Wilmington,  and 
finally  moved  back  to  Virginia,  arriving  at  Petersburg  on  May  20.  Greene, 
following  his  victorious  enemy  according  to  his  usual  custom,  pursued  Corn- 
wallis for  fifty  miles,  then  faced  about  and  marched  one  hundred  and  fifty 
miles  to  Camden  and  recaptured  it,  and  having  reduced  all  the  inland 
posts,  finally  met  the  enemy  in  the  obstinate  battle  of  Eutaw  Springs  on 
September  8th,  both  sides  claiming  the  victory.  This  part  of  the  British 
forces  then  stayed  in  Charleston  under  the  protection  of  their  fleet. 

Cornwallis  meanwhile  had  five  thousand  men  at  Petersburg,  and  Benedict 
Arnold  was  recalled  to  New  York.  Lafayette  was  at  Eichmond  with  three 
thousand  men.  In  a  nine  weeks  campaign  Cornwallis  vainly  endeavored  to 
force  Lafayette  to  a  battle,  and  finally  Lafayette,  reinforced  by  Steuben 
and  Wayne,  pursued  Cornwallis  to  the  coast,  where  in  July  he  found  him- 
self at  Yorktown  with  eight  thousand  men. 

What  was  Washington  doing?  He  planned  with  remarkable  generalship 
and  with  equally  remarkable  celerity  and  secrecy  executed  the  movement 
which  led  to  the  destruction  of  Cornwallis  and  virtually  closed  the  war. 
Knowing  that  an  immense  French  fleet  under  Count  de  Grasse  was  approach- 
ing Chesapeake  Bay,  Washington  moved  Eochambeau  from  Ehode  Island 
across  Connecticut  to  the  Hudson  river,  left  a  small  force  there  and  then 
started  with  Eochambeau  on  his  superb  march  to  Virginia  after  Cornwallis. 
Sir  Henry  Clinton  supposed  that  the  French  fleet  was  bound  to  New  York 
and  that  Washington  had  started  to  meet  it  at  Staten  Island,  and  it  was 
not  until  Washington  had  passed  Philadelphia  that  it  dawned  upon  Sir 
Henry  that  Washington  might  be  bound  for  Virginia.  It  was  too  late  to 
retrieve  the  error,  and  the  attempted  diversion  made  by  Benedict  Arnold 
at  New  London  was  both  cruel  and  futile.  On  September  26th  Washington 
joined  with  Lafayette,  and  with  sixteen  thousand  men,  of  whom  seven 
thousand  were  Frenchmen,  "bottled  up"  Cornwallis  on  the  peninsula  of 
Yorktown. 

We  turn  now  to  the  French  fleet.  It  was  in  two  divisions,  one  under  de 
Barras  of  eight  ships  of  the  line  and  eighteen  transports  with  three  thou- 
sand five  hundred  men  and  a  train  of  heavy  artillery.  It  sailed  from  New- 
port, E.  I.,  in  August  for  the  Chesapeake,  making  a  wide  detour  to  avoid 
Hood,  the  British  admiral,  and  his  fleet.  De  Grasse  had  raised  money  at 
Havana  for  the  Americans,  who  were,  as  we  have  seen,  in  sore  need,  and 
sailed  with  twenty-eight  ships  of  the  line  through  the  Bahamas  and  an- 


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chored  just  outside  the  capes  of  the  Chesapeake.  Hood  had  looked  into 
the  Chesapeake  just  before  this,  and  not  finding  the  French  fleet  there,  sailed 
on  to  New  York  and  joined  Admiral  Graves,  who  took  command,  being  the 
senior  admiral,  and  the  fleet,  now  of  nineteen  line  of  battleships,  went  back 
to  the  Chesapeake.  De  Grasse  went  out  to  meet  Graves.  The  English  with 
nineteen  ships  attacked  the  French,  who  had  twenty-four.  They  maneuv- 
ered and  fought  some,  but  no  decided  advantage  was  gained  by  either  side. 
Before  de  Barras  had  slipped  in  and  landed  the  siege  artillery  and  troops. 
Graves,  finding  the  situation  hopeless,  sailed  back  to  New  York,  and  de 
Grasse  anchored  and  blocked  the  James  and  York  rivers,  thus  making  an 
effectual  blockade  of  Cornwallis  on  the  seaside.  Now  about  the  siege. 
Cornwallis  had  fortified  the  town  with  seven  redoubts  and  six  batteries 
on  the  land  side  and  a  line  of  batteries  along  the  river.  Gloucester  Point, 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  York  river,  was  also  fortified,  and  in  the  river 
were  a  number  of  British  vessels.  The  allied  forces  drew  their  parallels,  the 
French  given  the  post  of  honor  at  the  front.  The  batteries  opened  on 
the  9th  of  October,  1781.  On  the  llth  the  second  parallel  was  only  three 
hundred  yards  from  the  forts.  The  14th  witnessed  an  assault,  when  the 
French  and  Americans  each  captured  a  redoubt.  The  Americans  were  led 
by  Alexander  Hamilton.  Lafayette  had  a  command  in  the  American  army. 
The  cannonade  continued.  By  the  16th  the  British  fortifications  were  al- 
most destroyed  and  most  of  their  guns  dismounted.  An  attempted  escape 
by  the  British  by  night  to  Gloucester  Point  was  defeated  by  a  storm,  which 
destroyed  their  boats.  On  the  19th  of  October,  the  day  we  this  evening 
celebrate,  Lord  Cornwallis  surrendered.  The  allied  armies  were  drawn  up 
in  two  lines,  the  French  headed  by  Kochambeau  on  one  side  and  the  Ameri- 
cans headed  by  Washington  on  the  other,  and  the  British  troops  marched 
out  between  the  two  and  laid  down  their  arms,  Washington  forbidding  any 
huzzas  and  saying  that  history  would  do  the  huzzaing.  To  the  French 
were  surrendered  the  two  British  frigates  and  twenty  transports  that  re- 
mained. To  the  Americans  were  surrendered  seven  thousand  prisoners  (two 
thousand  of  which  were  wounded),  two  hundred  and  thirty-five  pieces  of 
cannon,  eight  thousand  stand  of  arms,  twenty-eight  regimental  colors.  The 
British  loss  was  five  hundred  and  fifty  and  the  allies  three  hundred. 

It  is  said  that  the  humiliation  to  Lord  Cornwallis  was  so  great  that  he 
remained  in  his  house  and  sent  his  sword  to  Washington  by  the  hand  of 
General  O'Hara.  Washington  offered  it  to  General  Lincoln  to  alleviate  his 
mortification  on  surrendering  at  Charleston.  Another  tradition  is  that 
Washington  offered  the  sword  to  Lafayette,  who  declined  it.  The  excite- 
ment in  the  colonies  was  intense.  The  news  spread  from  town  to  town  and 
State  to  State.  Church  bells  were  rung,  and  the  cry  swept  along  to  Phila- 
delphia, "Cornwallis  is  taken."  A  general  day  of  thanksgiving  was 
ordered  by  Congress  and  solemnly  observed.  More  excitement  even  was 
occasioned  in  London,  and  Parliament  Hall  echoed  with  the  speeches  of 
Burke,  Fox  and  Pitt,  denouncing  the  continuance  of  the  war. 

Charles  Cornwallis  was  educated  at  Eton  and  Cambridge,  had  served  as 
aid-de-camp  of  the  Marquis  of  Granby  in  the  seven  years'  war,  and  was 
governor  of  the  town  of  London.  He  was  personally  opposed  to  the  war 
in  America,  as  were  many  prominent  men  in  England,  but  went  with  his 
command,  as  ordered,  to  America,  where  he  gained  a  good  many  victories, 
until  his  final  defeat,  for  which,  as  it  seems  to  me,  Sir  Henry  Clinton  was 
responsible.  As  we  all  know,  the  capitulation  at  Yorktown  was  decisive. 
The  British  and  Americans  rarely  clashed  arms  thereafter.  Lord  North's 
ministry  resigned  the  next  year.  1782  a  treaty  of  peace  was  made  by  Lord 
Selborne's  ministry  and  signed  by  the  Coalition  in  1783.  After  many  suc- 
cessive ministries  in  England  William  Pitt  finally,  in  1784,  obtained  a  com- 
plete victory  over  King  George  Ill's  party,  and  his  cherished  plans  against 
the  American  colonies  were  overthrown.  Cabinet  or  parliamentary  govern- 


10  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

ment  was  firmly  established  in  Great  Britain.  Lord  Cornwallis  had  quite  a 
brilliant  career  after  his  return  to  England.  He  became  governor-general 
of  India,  was  raised  to  the  Marquisate  on  his  return  from  India,  was  ap- 
pointed lord-lieutenant  of  Ireland,  put  down  the  rebellion  there  of  1798, 
and  gained,  strange  to  say,  the  good  will  of  the  Irish  people.  He  was  again 
appointed  governor-general  of  India  and  died  there  in  1805.  History 
awards  him  the  qualities  of  uprightness,  diligence  and  a  humane  disposition. 

I  have  touched  but  lightly  upon  the  great  value  of  the  French  alliance 
to  the  struggling  colonies  and  the  brilliant  services  of  Eochambeau,  de 
Grasse  and  Lafayette — these  will  be  enlarged  upon  by  the  speaker  who 
follows  me.  I  do  not  speak  either  of  the  character  and  generalship  of 
the  matchless  Washington,  leaving  that  to  the  next  reunion  of  our  Society, 
when  on  the  anniversary  of  his  birth  we  may  join  with  seventy  millions  of 
Americans  in  celebrating  his  heroic  deeds. ' ' 

Miss  Lawrence  read  in  a  most  charming  manner  James  Russell  Lowell's 
'  *  Commemoration  Ode. ' '  Vice-President  Judd  then  introduced  Captain 
Nathan  Appleton,  vice-president  of  the  Massachusetts  Society  of  the  Sons 
of  the  American  Revolution. 

Captain  Appleton,  in  commencing  his  address,  said  that  he  was  one  of 
the  three  vice-presidents  of  the  Massachusetts  Society,  the  others  being 
Hon.  Henry  Cabot  Lodge  and  Mr.  Foster,  who  is  now  dead,  and  whose 
place  would  in  all  probability  be  filled  at  the  meeting  of  the  Society  held 
today  in  Boston.  Organizations  of  the  character  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution  are  of  recent  growth.  It  seems  strange,  but  the  first 
organization  was  in  California  in  1875,  and  was  called  the  Sons  of  Revo- 
lutionary Sires.  This  is  considered  the  pioneer  branch  of  the  Society. 
Afterward,  when  other  societies  had  been  formed  and  called  themselves  the 
Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  the  California  Society  had  adopted  that 
as  their  name  also. 

' '  I  can, ' '  said  he,  ' '  see  California  beckoning  to  the  Society  here  to  come 
over  and  form  one  of  the  constellation  of  stars  that  are  throughout  the 
United  States." 

In  February,  1893,  he  attended  a  meeting  in  New  York  City  of  all  the 
societies  of  like  character  to  this  to  form  a  union  society.  But  it  was  a 
failure,  and  now  he  was  glad  of  it.  Why?  Because  in  that  Revolution  we 
gained  our  independence,  and  it  will  always  be  known  as  the  American 
Revolution.  The  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  is  the  name,  and  will 
always  be  the  name  in  the  future. 

In  1520  the  French  General  Champlain  and  others  took  from  us  Louisiana 
and  other  parts  of  the  country;  these  same  persons  in  later  years  ,helped 
us  to  regain  the  land  from  the  English.  The  Society  has  for  its  emblem 
or  insignia  the  cross  of  St.  Louis,  an  order  of  French  kings  and  nobility, 
whose  last  president,  Louis  XVI.,  allowed  Lafayette  to  come  over  to  America. 
Nothing  more  appropriate  could  have  been  chosen.  On  one  side  is  the 
head  of  Washington,  on  the  reverse  a  minute-man. 

Mr.  Reed  was  the  first  man  to  conceive  the  idea  of  marking  the  graves 
of  the  persons  who  were  in  the  Revolution.  The  marker  is  made  of  iron  or 
bronze  and  is  placed  on  the  grave.  The  cross  has  on  it  "1775"  and  a 
figure  of  a  minute-man.  Very  few  of  the  graves  were  known,  and  when 
these  markers  were  produced  many  persons  interested  themselves  to  find 
out  the  graves,  and  in  this  way  names  were  found  on  the  tombs  which  were 
fast  going  to  decay,  and  were  preserved  for  the  Society.  Fast  day  has  also 
been  changed  to  Patriot's  day,  on  April  19,  and  now  is  generally  observed 
throughout  the  States.  A  great  many  people  wonder  why  we  citizens  take 
up  the  matter  of  our  ancestors.  When  we  think  of  the  Pilgrims,  who 
dwindled  away  from  one  hundred  and  fifty;  the  Separatists,  the  Puritans 
and  those  who  settled  in  Virginia,  which  was  the  beginning  of  the  Great 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  11 

Eepublic,  which  at  the  time  of  the  Eevolution  numbered  about  three  million, 
and  now  nearly  seventy  million,  would  it  not  be  of  interest  and  value  to 
find  the  number  of  their  descendants  since?  It  is  of  historical  and  educa- 
tional interest,  and  not  aping  Europe  in  pride  of  ancestors.  Two  years 
ago  I  was  appointed  to  do  a  very  graceful  act  in  taking  one  of  these 
markers  to  Lafayette's  grave.  After  arriving  in  Paris  one  of  the  first 
things  I  did  was  to  make  inquiries  concerning  the  descendants  of  Lafayette. 
Interesting  facts  were  found — that  Lafayette  had  one  son  and  three  daugh- 
ters. The  son  had  two  daughters,  who  both  were  unmarried,  leaving  no 
heirs  who  could  bear  the  name  of  Lafayette.  The  daughters  of  Lafayette 
have  about  forty  decendants,  and  the  French  government  authorized  that 
two  of  the  male  descendants  should  be  called  Lafayette.  The  cemetery 
where  Lafayette  was  buried  is  a  most  interesting  spot.  There  are  about 
twenty  tombs  of  the  great  French  nobility  in  this  lot,  and  in  an  adjoining 
lot  are  the  graves  of  three  thousand  Frenchmen  who  sacrificed  their  lives 
in  an  attempt  to  follow  Lafayette's  efforts.  It  seems  almost  an  irony  of 
fate  that  these  two  lots  should  be  so  placed.  We  have  never  made  any  ade- 
quate return  to  France  for  what  she  had  done  for  us  in  our  trying  times. 
A  few  avenues  and  buildings  have  been  named  after  Lafayette,  and  re- 
cently a  statue  of  him  has  been  erected  in  New  York  City,  but  the  debt 
still  remains  unpaid.  Out  of  sixteen  thousand  men  engaged  in  the  battle 
at  Yorktown,  over  half  of  them  were  Frenchmen.  These  men  returned  to 
France  and  reported  on  their  endeavors  to  found  a  new  republic  across  the 
ocean.  People  were  aroused,  and  it  was  the  first  rebound  of  the  ball  which 
started  the  French  Eevolution  and  gave  to  France  and  her  people  their 
rights.  Since  1870  the  French  Eepublic  has  stood,  and  on  this  day  it  is 
most  appropriate  that  we  should  recognize  what  France  has  done  for  the 
United  States.  In  closing,  Captain  Appleton  said :  "I  am  glad  to  be  here 
tonight  and  to  extend  to  this  branch  in  the  newest  Eepublic  the  fraternal 
greetings  of  the  Massachusetts  Society. ' ' 

Hon.  A.  F.  Judd  then  moved  that  a  vote  of  thanks  be  extended  to  Cap- 
tain Appleton  for  his  most  entertaining  talk,  and  that  he  be  authorized  to 
carry  the  greetings  of  the  Honolulu  Society  to  her  sister,  the  Massachu- 
setts Society.  It  was  carried  by  a  standing  vote. 

Miss  Grace  Eichards  then  sang  the  verses  of  the  Star  Spangled  Banner, 
the  audience  joining  in  the  chorus.  Eefreshments  were  served  to  the  mem- 
bers and  their  friends. 

#  *         #         #         # 

Washington's  Birthday  (1897)  was  celebrated  by  the  Society  at  the 
home  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Peter  Cushman  Jones,  there  being  a  large  attend- 
ance of  the  members  and  invited  guests.  The  evening's  program  consisted 
of  addresses  by  President  P.  C.  Jones,  Vice-President  A.  F.  Judd,  Eev. 
Sereno  E.  Bishop  and  Sidney  M.  Ballou;  rendition  of  patriotic  selections  by 
Miss  Parmalee  and  the  reading  of  Lowell's  ode  to  Washington  by  Miss 
Agnes  Judd. 

The  early  part  of  the  evening  the  members  of  the  Society  were  highly 
gratified  to  have  an  opportunity  to  exchange  greetings  with  Compariot 
vV^arren  Goodale,  who  has  for  some  time  been  a  member  of  the  Society,  but 
never  before  present  at  any  of  its  gatherings.  Mr.  Goodale  seemed  par- 
ticularly happy  in  meeting  old  friends  and  was  to  all  appearances  in  usual 
health.  The  news  of  his  death,  which  occurred  a  few  minutes  after  he  left 
the  house,  immediately  put  an  end  to  the  social  festivities  of  the  evening. — 

Advertiser. 

*  *         *         *         * 

The  celebration  of  Washington's  Birthday  (1898)  was  held  at  the  home 
of  Edwin  Austin  Jones,  the  members  and  guests  numbering  about  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty.  Eev.  D.  P.  Birnie  offered  prayer,  after  which  an  address 
of  welcome  was  delivered  by  Compatriot  Peter  Cusnman  Jones.  Prof. 


12  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Frank  A.  Hosmer,  president  of  Oahu  College,  gave  a  review  of  the  life  of 
George  Washington,  making  a  skillful  analysis  of  the  great  patriot  who, 
boy  and  man,  soldier  and  statesman,  had  shown  true  greatness.  Miss  Cart- 
wright  gave  a  splendid  rendition  of  ''Spirit  of  '76,"  the  story  being  most 
beautifully  and  effectively  told.  Patriotic  selections  were  given  by  a  quar- 
tette under  the  leadership  of  Prof.  Theodore  Eichards.  Mrs.  E.  F.  Wood- 
ward sang  the  '  *  Star  Spangled  Banner ' '  with  excellent  effect,  the  audience 
joining  in  the  chorus. 

In  presenting  the  American  representative  (Mr.  Sewall)  there  was  refer- 
ence by  Mr.  Jones  to  the  three  Ministers  of  Hawaii  all  coming  from  the 
State  of  Maine — Luther  Severance,  John  L.  Stevens,  and  Harold  M.  Sewall. 
Mr.  Jones  thought  that  Maine,  for  the  good  quality  of  her  sons,  owed 
something  to  her  mother  State — Massachusetts. 

American  Minister  Sewall  made  a  stirring  address.  He  paid  glowing 
tribute  to  Washington  and  to  the  memory  of  the  first  President,  and  from 
the  life  of  Washington  drew  lessons  applying  to  the  duties  of  Americans 
of  the  present  day.  Mr.  Sewall  said  that  some  people  frequently  referred 
to  the  declaration  of  Washington  concerning  ' '  entangling  alliances. ' '  The 
speaker  thought  that  were  Washington  a  figure  of  this  day  he  would  be  in 
favor  of  territorial  expansion.  When  Mr.  Sewall  strikes  the  topic  of 
Americanism  his  tones  are  ringing,  and  yesterday  was  no  exception  to  his 
habit  in  these  premises.  The  formal  program  closed  with  the  singing  of 
* '  America. ' '  Eef  reshments  were  then  served  in  the  large  dining  room 
under  the  direction  of  Mrs.  P.  C.  Jones,  who  had  secured  as  helpers  young 
ladies  from  Kawaiahao  Seminary. — Advertiser. 

*         *         *         *         * 

The  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Eevolution  met  at  the  residence 
of  Mr.  W.  E.  Castle  on  Saturday  evening  (February  22,  1902).  The  ser- 
vices began  by  reading  a  part  of  the  Constitution  of  the  Society.  This  was 
followed  by  a  song,  rendered  by  Mr.  Arthur  Wall.  Mr.  W.  E.  Castle  then 
introduced  Major  Davis,  of  Camp  McKinley,  who  spoke  on  the  life  of 
Washington.  He  said  Washington  was  raised  in  Westmoreland  County, 
Virginia,  and  inherited  much  land  from  his  father.  While  studying  in  his 
youth  he  learned  the  principles  of  truth  and  justice,  which  he  observed 
during  his  life.  He  always  nursed  the  spark  of  fire,  "conscience."  In 
his  early  youth  he  received  an  appointment  in  the  British  army.  Major 
Davis  detailed  the  incidents  of  his  early  life,  and  related  several  which 
are  not  commonly  known.  He  said  Washington  was  a  millionaire,  but  used 
his  means  for  the  best  ends.  At  the  battle  in  which  Braddock  was  defeated 
by  the  French  and  Indians,  he  was  the  only  mounted  officer  who  escaped 
slaughter.  It  was  while  in  Western  Pennsylvania  with  the  British  ,  forces 
that  he  discovered  the  great  value  of  coal  and  iron  lands,  and  these  he 
purchased.  Major  Davis  briefly  traced  the  public  services  of  Washington, 
reviewing  his  character  as  a  soldier,  citizen  and  statesman,  and  again  stated 
that  which  is  believed  by  many,  that  it  was  the  singular  prudence,  wisdom 
and  skill  of  Washington  which  insured  the  success  of  the  Eevolution. 

After  a  song  by  Mrs.  C.  B.  Cooper,  Mr.  W.  N.  Armstrong  spoke  on  the 
Scotch-Irish  of  America  and  their  large  contribution  to  the  success  of 
Washington's  armies.  He  said  it  was  about  time  the  Scotch-Irish  had  some 
innings  in  history.  The  Anglo-Saxons  have  had  it  their  own  way,  so  far; 
had  claimed  everything.  We  constantly  hear  of  the  civilization  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon,  but  little  is  said  of  that  important  body  of  Scotch-Irish,  who 
are  also  foremost  in  movements  of  civilization  in  America.  This  race 
were  the  Celts,  who  had  emigrated  from  Ireland  to  Scotland  in  the  fourth 
century,  had  mixed  with  the  native  Caledonians,  and  with  some  of  the  Eng- 
lish. In  the  seventeenth  century,  owing  to  religious  persecution,  they  began 
to  emigrate  to  Ireland,  and  made  Ulster  county  famous  for  its  thrift. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  13 

When  persecuted  in  religious  matters,  they  emigrated  to  America,  landing 
mainly  in  Philadelphia.  They  spread  out  into  the  rich  valleys  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, swarmed  up  the  Shenandoah  valley  of  Virginia,  crossed  the  mourr 
tains  into  Tennessee  and  Kentucky,  made  the  backbone  of  those  States,  and 
moved  south  into  Carolinas.  The  bloody  battle  of  Culloden,  which  defeated 
the  * '  Pretender, ' '  caused  such  vengance  and  persecution  of  the  Scotch  clans 
that  in  one  year  over  thirty  thousand  of  them  left  for  Ireland  and  America. 
The  pure  Gaelic  language  was  even  spoken  by  the  negro  slaves  of  the  Scot- 
tisn  immigrants.  In  the  Eevolutionary  War  the  Scotch-Irish  alone  nearly 
won  the  battle  of  King's  Mountain  in  North  Carolina.  Though  clearly  a 
different  type  from  the  Anglo-Saxons,  these  Scotch-Irish  made  themselves 
strongly  felt  in  the  highest  stations.  Of  the  Presidents,  Jefferson,  Madison, 
Monroe,  Jackson,  Taylor,  Polk  and  Johnson  were  Scotch-Irish.  Of  the 
great  jurists,  Chief  Justice  Marshall  and  Associate  Justice  Campbell  were 
of  this  race.  The  great  generals,  Lee,  Jackson,  the  Johnsons,  Stuart  and 
Grant,  also  Sam  Houston,  were  of  this  extraordinary  race.  Of  the  signers 
of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  fourteen  were  Scotch-Irish.  Wither- 
spoon,  whose  eloquence  roused  the  doubtful  members  to  sign  the  declaration, 
was  one  of  them.  The  Anglo-Saxon  and  the  Scotch-Irish  moved  forward 
on  parallel  lines,  but  the  Anglo-Saxon  was,  perhaps,  getting  too  much  of 
the  glory  of  movement.  This  was  not  fair.  The  Scotch-Irish  were  too 
modest.  The  facts  presented  showed  the  value  of  their  service  in  building 
up  the  nation. — Advertiser. 


To  honor  the  memory  of  George  Washington,  an  audience  which  filled 
Central  Union  Church  beyond  the  doors  of  the  auditorium  gathered  last 
evening  (February  22,  1902),  and  song  and  oration  were  joined  in  the  glori- 
fication of  the  Father  of  his  Country.  It  was  an  audience  which  repre- 
sented young  and  old,  and  which  drew  together  men  and  women  of  all 
faiths  and  no  faith,  to  worship  at  the  shrine  of  Country,  for  Washington 
and  that  for  which  he  stood,  furnished  the  themes  of  prayer  and  praise. 
The  program  was  a  varied  one,  embodying  the  set  orations  of  Governor 
Dole  and  Judge  Estee,  choruses  by  the  young  Hawaiians  of  Kamehameha 
School,  and  a  special  choir  of  young  men,  a  solo  by  Mrs.  Turner  and  the 
full  strength  of  the  lungs  of  the  audience  in  the  "Battle  Hymn  of  the 
Eepublic ' '  and  ' '  America. ' '  And  through  it  all  there  was  a  stillness  which 
bespoke  interest  and  which  manifested  itself  in  applause  when,  with  an 
apostrophe  the  Governor  closed  his  appeal  for  good  citizenship  on  the  model 
of  the  greatest  of  all  Americans,  and  again  as  Judge  Estee  paid  his  meed 
of  praise  to  our  country. 

The  audience  began  to  gather  early,  and  every  seat  within  the  church  was 
filled  when  the  hour  set  for  the  service  arrived.  Then  as  the  late  comers 
thronged  the  entrance  halls,  chairs  were  brought  in  from  the  lecture  room 
until  the  aisles  held  their  lines  of  seats,  and  when  these  were  taken  other 
scores  stood  without  the  main  room,  unable  to  find  space  within  below  or 
above,  but  content  to  enjoy  the  feast.  "To  Thee,  O  Country!"  was  the 
opening  anthem  which,  rendered  by  a  male  choir  of  a  dozen  voices,  fixed 
the  attention  of  the  gathering  upon  the  theme  which  was  to  be  the  domi- 
nant note  of  the  evening.  President  C.  B.  Dyke,  of  Kamehameha  Schools, 
read  the  67th  Psalm,  and  then  all  the  young  people  of  the  two  schools,  to 
the  number  of  two  hundred  and  fifty,  sang  E.  A.  P.  Newcomb's  chorus 
"Hawaii"  in  a  manner  at  once  impressive  and  excellent.  After  prayer 
by  President  A.  M.  Smith,  the  chorus  sang  an  arrangement  of  "Lead, 
Kindly  Light, ' '  and  Mrs.  Turner  rendered  ' '  The  Holy  City, ' '  which  led  up 
to  the  entire  congregation  singing  Julia  Ward  Howe's  "Battle  Hymn  of 
the  Eepublic."  The  grand  old  chorus  swelled  through  the  auditorium,  and 
its  echoes  had  not  more  than  died  away  before  Governor  Dole  was  presented 


14  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

to  make  the  first  address  of  the  evening  upon  ' '  Lessons  from  the  Life  of 
Washington.  In  part  the  Governor  said: 

'  *  When  the  historian  comes  to  make  up  his  estimate  of  the  life  of  one 
whose  career  enters  into  the  chronicle  which  he  must  write,  he  searches 
about  for  facts  which  will  throw  light  upon  the  character  of  the  man,  to 
find  the  real  man.  His  ancestry,  his  youth  and  his  age  must  be  traced, 
and  when  he  has  reached  the  stage  where  the  history  is  to  take  him  up,  it 
must  be  learned  what  has  been  the  impress  which  he  made  upon  the  people 
of  his  own  country.  Finally,  it  must  be  taken  into  account  what  impress 
he  made  upon  the  age  in  which  he  lived.  Has  his  life  been  productive  of 
fruit;  has  he  left  an  indelible  impression  upon  his  people  and  the  world. 
The  character  of  George  Washington  must  be  studied  in  this  way.  All  sen- 
timent must  be  brushed  aside  and  only  the  truth  taken  from  the  record  of 
the  life  of  this  man.  We  don't  know  much  about  his  childhood.  It  does 
not  make  any  difference  whether  or  not  the  story  of  the  hatchet  and  the 
tree  is  true,  the  fact  that  the  character  of  the  man  left  this  impress  upon 
the  people  among  whom  he  lived  is  of  more  value.  The  young  man  showed 
the  character  which  always  distinguished  him,  for,  sent  into  the  wilderness 
to  survey  lands  where  the  men  and  the  animals  were  alike  ferocious,  he 
bravely  and  well  did  his  work,  and  again  wuen  he  took  an  interest  in  mili- 
tary affairs,  he  was  speedily  found  at  the  front,  leading  his  men  and  mak- 
ing for  himself  the  name  which  after  led  to  higher  places.  Serving  with 
tue  troops  of  the  mother  country,  he  showed  coolness  in  trial  and  bravery  in 
the  face  of  danger.  When  oppression  was  alienating  the  young  colony  from 
the  mother  country,  although  an  aristocrat,  he  became  a  democrat  in  his 
devotion  to  his  country  and  the  cause  of  freedom.  The  whole  world  was 
in  a  ferment  and  the  cry  was  for  a  leader.  So  when  America  decided  to 
rebel  to  the  young  Virginian  the  Continental  Congress  turned.  Men  from 
all  the  colonies  were  won  by  this  man,  and  when  he  received  the  unanimous 
vote  he  felt  the  responsibilities  pressed  upon  him.  He  led  his  forces,  and 
though  often  when  the  clothing  was  insufficient,  the  food  poor  and  the  arms 
and  ammunition  not  in  order,  men  deserted,  he  never  lost  faith.  Later  he 
found  that  calumnies  were  spreading  about  him,  and  he  at  once  resigned 
his  commission  and  returned  to  his  farm  at  Mt.  Vernon,  perhaps  the  hap- 
piest man  in  the  country,  that  his  hopes  for  the  nation  had  been  realized. 
Again  he  was  called  out  of  retirement  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  in  the 
formation  of  the  Constitution,  and  there  he  showed  the  same  devotion  to 
the  cause  of  good  government  and  good  morals.  Again  he  was  called  from 
his  retirement  to  take  the  Chief  Magistracy  of  the  Nation,  and  during 
eight  difficult  years  he  worked  and  struggled  to  adjust  the  relations  of 
the  nation.  So  well  was  his  work  done  that  even  today  there  is  much  in  the 
department  done  on  the  lines  he  laid  down.  In  private  life  he  was  the 
typical  good  citizen,  and  he  never  failed  to  make  his  record  accord  with 
his  early  promise. 

' '  Today  his  name  is  a  household  word,  not  only  in  America,  but  as  well 
wherever  liberty  is  loved  by  a  people.  His  Farewell  Address  to  his  people 
is  a  model  of  rules  for  national  action,  and  even  yet  it  is  quoted  and  fol- 
lowed. He  is  known  as  "First  in  War,  First  in  Peace  and  First  in  the 
Hearts  of  His  Countrymen."  In  times  of  war  every  man  is  stirred  by  the 
feeling  of  patriotism  and  he  is  willing  to  give  his  life.  Patriotism  is  like 
religion.  Men  are  ready  to  lay  down  their  lives  for  their  country.  But 
in  times  of  peace  men  want  their  time  for  their  own  uses.  They  want 
to  get  rich.  There  is  more  danger  for  a  republic  in  times  of  peace  than  in 
time  of  war.  So  many  men  want  to  go  to  sleep.  Washington  held  the 
trust  of  his  countrymen,  for  he  was  alike  true  to  his  ideals  in  peace  and 
war.  He  placed  his  duty  to  the  State  above  his  private  aims.  Washington, 
through  all,  had  faith  in  God.  We  know  that  sometimes  he  swore,  but  we 
know  also  that  he  prayed. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  15 

"We  are  new  American  citizens,  and  there  can  be  no  better  lesson  for 
the  youth  of  the  country  than  to  study  the  life  of  Washington.  I  wish 
the  new  generation  of  Hawaii  would  make  his  life  their  lesson  of  patriotism. 
1  cannot  imagine  Washington  pulling  wires  to  retain  office;  he  took  office 
from  a  sense  of  duty  to  his  country.  Such  an  example  is  an  entirely 
wholesome  one,  and  one  which  if  lived  up  to  must  be  followed  by  the 
greatest  results." 

When  the  applause  which  had  followed  the  words  of  Governor  Dole  had 
subsided,  Judge  Morris  M.  Estee,  Federal  Judge  of  this  District,  was  pre- 
sented by  the  Governor.  He  said  the  previous  speaker  had  covered  the 
principal  portion  of  what  he  had  intended  to  say  about  Washington,  and 
he  endorsed  every  word  of  it.  He  then  proceeded  on  the  topic  of  "  Amer- 
ican Citizenship. ' '  Washington,  he  said,  was  the  model  citizen,  for  not 
only  did  he  do  more  than  any  another  to  win  the  liberty  of  his  country,  but 
did  more  to  perpetuate  it,  for  when  advised  to  declare  himself  a  dictator  he 
refused,  and  even  would  not  run  for  a  third  time,  saying  the  precedent 
would  be  a  dangerous  one.  It  is  impossible  to  separate  his  name 
from  the  people  he  made  free,  and  no  greater  tribute  can  be  paid  him 
than  to  discuss  how  to  make  better  citizens.  From  his  time  until  now  the 
American  people  have  been  schooled  in  free  government,  and  each  citizen 
is  equal  to  all  other  citizens.  He  said: 

'  *  No  particular  birthright  was  necessary  to  make  an  American  citizen ; 
no  family  name  gave  force  to  his  citizenship.  Our  land  laws  were  liberal, 
our  fathers  encouraged  European  immigration  and  the  poor  of  the  world 
got  homes  here.  It  may  be  true  that  many  do  not  sufficiently  value  their 
American  citizenship,  but  it  is  nevertheless  a  most  glorious  privilege  to  be 
a  citizen  of  the  United  States.  Take  the  people  of  these  Islands.  The 
humblest  citizen  living  in  this  remote  Territory  is  the  political  equal  of 
any  other  citizen  of  the  United  States  living  elsewhere.  The  same  Consti- 
tution spreads  its  protecting  wings  over  all  alike;  your  lives  and  property 
are  protected  the  same  as  the  lives  and  property  of  all  other  Americans. ' ' 

Judge  Estee  referred  to  the  Constitution,  and  then  went  on  to  the  growth 
of  the  nation,  saying  it  was  so  prosperous  that  the  people  lived  better  than 
any  other  people  on  earth,  being  rather  an  earning  than  a  saving  popula- 
tion. No  people  are  governed  so  little  or  so  well  as  Americans,  he  said, 
and  also  none  are  so  happy  and  so  well  cared  for  in  every  way,  even  in  the 
benefits  of  education.  Judge  Estee  dwelt  upon  the  necessity  for  education, 
and  the  power  it  gave,  and  finally  upon  the  necessity  for  free  homes  and  a 
thinking  labor,  closing  with  an  eloquent  apostrophe  to  the  citizen  and  the 
nation  which  rests  upon  him.  The  exercises  closed  with  "America." — 
Advertiser. 


With  the  Declaration  of  Independence  prominently  displayed,  the  Ha- 
waiian Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  together  with  the 
local  chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Eevolution,  celebrated  last 
nignt  (October  19,  1903)  in  Y.  M.  C.  A.  hall  the  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
second  anniversary  of  the  surrender  of  Lord  Cornwallis  at  Yorktown  in 
1781.  The  historic  features  of  that  memorable  event  were  duly  presented 
by  Governor  Dole  and  Eev.  W.  M.  Kincaid,  and  appropriate  music  was 
rendered.  Governor  Dole  was  introduced  by  F.  J.  Lowrey,  chairman  of  the 
celebration.  The  Governor  prefaced  his  remarks  by  telling  of  a  school 
teacher  in  a  generation  gone  by,  in  Honolulu,  whose  father  had  fought 
at  Bunker  Hill  at  fifteen  years  of  age.  A  pupil  had  asked  her,  breathlessly, 
if  her  father  was  slain,  a  query  which  caused  general  laughter.  The 
Governor  told  of  the  results  of  the  surrender  which  laid  the  foundation  for 
the  United  States  to  become  a  world  power.  He  believed  the  organization 
of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Eevolution  was  one  to  make  memorable 


16  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

American  patriotism,  and  he  was  glad  to  speak  on  that  subject.  He  said 
that  there  was  an  objection  by  some  people  to  these  societies  because  they 
engendered  the  war  spirit,  but  he  did  not  believe  this  when  the  societies 
tempered  their  lessons  with  patriotism.  Men  who  thought  thus,  influenced 
for  good  in  every  community. 

"This  idea  of  patriotism  of  a  body  of  men  who  stand  between  their 
country  and  danger  is  a  grand  and  splendid  subject  to  contemplate, ' '  said 
he.  ' '  I  feel  that  a  society  of  this  kind  may  go  further  than  that.  There 
is  other  patriotic  work  for  it.  There  is  a  patriotism  to  prevent  danger  from 
foreign  agression  which  requires  patriotism  of  a  higher  type.  This  is  the 
patriotism  which  prevents  insidious  growths  that  deprive  citizens  of  their 
rights.  American  citizens  have  the  right  to  liberty  and  the  pursuit  of  hap- 
piness— that  is  their  legal  right — their  normal  right.  But  are  there  not 
many  American  citizens  who  are  without  the  opportunity  of  exercising  it? 
If  there  is  any  menace  to  these  rights  the  men  who  will  develop  opposition 
to  this  are  as  much  entitled  to  praise  as  the  men  who  fight  on  the  battle- 
field. It  is  the  province  of  societies  like  this  to  inculcate  the  idea  of  pa- 
triotism which  will  go  forward  to  develop  patriotism  to  protect  citizens  from 
invasions  of  any  character. 

"If  Mars  should  attack  Earth,  I  am  certain  we  would  find  that  the 
whole  population  of  Earth  would  unite  in  one  common  cause  to  repel  Mars. 
That  shows  how  the  whole  world  ought  to  be  one  community,  for  when  one 
nation  suffers  the  others  must  suffer  with  it. 

"It  is  extremely  rare  nowadays  that  the  great  nations  attack  each  other. 
Arbitration  is  rapidly  developing,  and  this  is  made  the  basis  of  adjustment 
of  their  differences.  We  have  heard  by  cable  this  week  that  England  and 
tne  United  States  had  settled  their  Alaska  boundary  question.  This  was 
done  by  a  body  of  men  sitting  in  a  room  in  London.  It  cost  a  few  thou- 
sand dollars,  but  in  years  gone  by  great  suffering  would  have  been  caused, 
thousands  of  lives  sacrificed  and  millions  of  dollars  spent  to  settle  this 
question.  It  is  a  wonderful  advance,  and  we  wonder  that  the  world  did 
not  think  of  it  earlier.  This  national  duelling  is  just  as  absurd  as  indi- 
vidual duelling  the  world  over.  These  are  the  things  for  the  Society  to  in- 
culcate and  spread  all  over  the  world.  Through  the  influence  of  the  United 
States  more  nations  have  advanced  along  these  lines,  and  citizenship  has 
been  established  in  many  parts  of  Europe,  and  there  are  numbers  of  thrones 
of  Europe  being  threatened.  This  opens  up  a  splendid  vista  for  a  society 
of  this  kind  to  spread  patriotism  of  the  highest  type.  If  this  Society  is 
going  to  do  this  kind  of  work,  I  should  be  glad  to  be  a  member  of  it. ' ' 

Eev.  W.  M.  Kincaid  spoke  on  the  Ideal  American.  He  said  that  in  tak- 
ing any  man  out  of  history  like  Washington,  the  hero  of  Yorktown,  who 
stands  as  the  incarnation  of  all  that  is  noble  and  great  in  history,  the  ideal 
American  was  presented.  A  man  cannot  help  be  otherwise  if  he  is,  true  to 
the  principles  upon  which  his  government  is  founded.  His  opinion  was  that 
the  ideal  American  represented  all  that  is  the  embodiment  of  liberty  to 
serve  God  and  his  brother  at  his  side.  The  ideal  American  was  not  a  myth. 
Americanism  was  simply  law  with  liberty  and  liberty  with  law.  Every  na- 
tion has  had  its  great  national  ideal.  The  American  ideal  is  liberty  to  the 
individual  man  because  he  is  a  man.  There  had  been  republics  before  the 
fall  of  Yorktown  consummated  the  American  republic,  but  they  gave  liberty 
only  to  the  few  and  slavery  to  the  many.  America  took  liberty  to  her 
bosom.  The  nation  felt  that  liberty  was  not  the  gift  of  a  sect,  but  that 
whether  the  State  willed  or  not,  whether  the  man  was  of  the  highest  or  the 
lowest  cast,  the  fact  that  he  was  a  man  was  sufficient  to  entitle  him  to  the 
privileges  of  liberty  and  the  privileges  of  citizenship. 

Mr.  Lowrey  announced  that  owing  to  indisposition,  Judge  M.  M.  Estee 
was  unable  to  be  present  to  make  his  address  on  the  battle  of  Yorktown. 
He  then  read  the  following: 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  17 

At  the  centennial  celebration  of  the  surrender  of  Lord  Cornwallis  at 
Yorktown,  October  19,  1881,  the  following  order,  written  by  James  G. 
Blaine  and  signed  by  President  Arthur,  was  read  and  carried  out :  i  t  In 
recognition  of  the  friendly  relations  so  long  and  so  happily  subsisting  be- 
tween Great  Britain  and  the  United  States,  in  the  trust  and  confidence  of 
peace  and  good  will  between  the  two  countries,  for  all  the  centuries  to  come, 
and  in  view  of  the  profound  respect  felt  by  the  American  people  for  the 
illustrious  sovereign  and  gracious  lady  who  now  sits  upon  the  British  throne, 
it  is  hereby  ordered  that  at  the  close  of  the  services  commemorative  of  the 
valor  and  success  of  our  forefathers  in  their  patriotic  struggle  for  inde- 
pendence, the  British  flag  shall  be  saluted  by  the  forces  of  the  army  and 
navy  of  the  United  States  now  at  Yorktown. " 

This  was  followed  by  the  singing  of  America,  and  the  meeting  came  to  a 
close,  to  be  supplemented  by  the  serving  of  refreshments  and  a  social  half 
hour.  The  copy  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  on  view  was  sent  to 
Mrs.  W.  W.  Hall,  Kegent  of  the  local  chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Kevolution,  by  Mrs.  Eyan  of  Massachusetts.  In  her  letter  she 
stated  that  a  copy  had  been  sent  to  a  mountain  fastness  of  Kentucky, 
where  the  mountaineers  had  never  seen  an  American  flag. 

The  musical  program  was  a  pleasing  feature  of  the  entertainment,  the 
first  selection  being  a  trio  by  three  ladies,  accompanied  by  violin  and  piano. 
Mr.  Stanley  Livingstone  sang  a  solo,  and  a  quartette  composed  of  Mrs. 
Damon,  Miss  Byington,  Mr.  Livingstone,  and  Mr.  E.  C.  Brown  rendered  a 
humorous  selection  in  a  pleasing  manner. — Advertiser. 

***** 

A  meeting  of  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  American  Eevolution  was 
held  last  evening  (August  16,  1905)  at  the  Luakaha  residence  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Cooke.  Mrs.  Clarence  Cooke  received  in  the  absence  of 
Mrs.  C.  M.  Cooke,  who  is  at  present  on  Kauai  with  her  mother,  Mrs.  Eice. 
A  supper  was  served  shortly  after  seven  o'clock  to  which  about  fifty  mem- 
bers of  the  society  sat  down.  The  exercises  later  in  the  evening  were 
opened  by  a  violin  solo  by  Miss  Ethel  Andrews,  accompanied  on  the  piano 
by  Mrs.  Frank  Atherton.  Mr.  Livingstone  of  Kamehameha  sang  two 
songs.  He  was  accompanied  by  his  wife.  A  brief  address  was  made  by 
Mr.  C.  M.  Cooke,  in  which  he  welcomed  the  Sons  and  Daughters  to  the  meet- 
ing, and  also  urged  those  present  to  get  others  to  join  the  Society,  as  there 
were  many  here  who  were  eligible,  but  who  were  not  members.  Mr.  W.  E. 
Castle  gave  the  principal  address  of  the  evening,  taking  as  his  subject 
1 '  The  Battle  of  Bennington, ' '  the  anniversary  of  which  event  the  Society 
celebrated  last  night.  Mr.  Castle's  address  was  as  follows: 

In  these  days  of  critical  research  it  is  likely  that  the  proper  place  in  his- 
tory has  been  assigned  to  the  Battle  of  Bennington.  But  it  has  not  been 
my  good  fortune  to  have  seen  the  results  of  such  research,  nor  do  I  even 
know  whether  such  work  has  been  done.  Every  American,  however,  knows 
that  when  the  story  of  the  battle  was  first  read  by  him  a  thrill  of  exultant 
satisfaction  followed  the  reading.  How  much  greater  must  have  been  the 
excitement  and  joy  through  the  country  when  the  report  of  the  victory 
spread  as  fast  as  good  horses  could  carry  the  news.  Burgoyne  was  making 
unchecked  progress.  He  was  at  the  Hudson  river.  Ticonderoga,  supposed 
to  be  an  impregnable  fortress,  had  fallen.  A  large  quantity  of  guns,  am- 
munition, army  stores,  food  and  clothing  had  fallen  into  the  hands  of  the 
British.  In  the  south,  Howe,  with  a  fine  army,  was  threatening  Philadel- 
phia; Washington  had  been  beaten  near  New  York.  The  English  were  put- 
ting forth  every  effort  to  crush  the  rebellion  and  again  bring  the  colonies 
into  subjection.  Everywhere  the  cause  of  liberty  was  at  a  low  ebb.  It 
seemed  as  though  the  struggle  for  liberty  must  soon  collapse.  Burgoyne 
evidently  thought  so,  for  he  wrote  to  Lord  Germain,  "As  things  have 


18  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

turned  out,  were  I  at  liberty  to  march  in  force  immediately  by  my  left 
instead  of  my  right,  I  should  have  little  doubt  of  subduing  before  winter 
the  provinces  where  the  rebellion  originated. ' '  But  his  orders  were  to  cut 
tne  country  in  two,  and  thus  prevent  New  England  from  helping  or  re- 
ceiving help  from  the  central  and  southern  portions.  It  looked  as  if  this 
plan  was  destined  to  be  covered  with  prompt  success.  The  Indians  were 
putting  in  their  deadly  work  as  auxiliaries  of  the  British  army.  On  all 
sides  they  were  murdering  and  scalping  helpless  women  and  children,  burn- 
ing farm  houses  and  destroying  the  crops.  Even  if  the  British  commanders 
were  ashamed  of  such  allies  and  wanted  to  restrain  their  brutality,  they 
could  not  do  it,  and  bloodshed  and  murder  ran  riot.  To  the  present  day 
a  gnarled  and  aged  oak  tree  is  pointed  out  near  Fort  Edward  where  Miss 
Jane  McCrea  was  killed  and  scalped.  She  was  known  through  all  that  sec- 
tion as  one  of  the  most  beautiful,  kindly  and  accomplished  of  women,  and 
her  tragic  end  inspired  both  fear  and  bitter  resentment. 

Thus  matters  stood  early  in  August,  1777.  Burgoyne  was  everywhere  vic- 
torious, but  the  stubborn  fight  at  Hubbardton  had  been  a  dearly  won  vic- 
tory. He  lost  two  hundred  good  fighters,  and  it  also  showed  that  the  sturdy 
farmer,  even  though  not  a  soldier,  could  and  would  fight.  Many  of  the 
farming  population  in  what  is  now  Southern  Vermont,  Northwestern  Massa- 
chusetts and  from  the  region  about  Lake  George  and  the  head  of  Champlain 
had  abandoned  their  homes  and  fled  in  terror  from  the  track  of  the  terrible 
enemy.  The  minister  in  Stockbridge  wrote :  ' '  We  are  greatly  burdened 
with  people  who  have  fled  from  the  New  Hampshire  Grants,  almost  down 
to  the  Connecticut  line. ' '  Picture  the  scenes  which  were  on  all  sides  in  the 
beautiful  Ilousatonic  valley.  Frightened  mothers  with  tender  children, 
grim  men,  struggling  between  love  for  their  helpless  families,  a  sense  of 
duty  to  the  country  and  the  strong  desire  to  fight  and  save  the  homes  which 
were  falling  into  the  hands  of  a  ruthless  enemy  to  be  devastated  by  sav- 
ages, whose  methods  of  warfare  blanched  the  cheek  and  froze  the  blood 
of  the  listener.  Everywhere  there  was  discouragement  and  a  growing  con- 
viction that  the  fight  for  liberty  was  a  failure.  This  was  fostered  and  en- 
couraged by  the  proclamations  frequently  published  by  the  British  generals, 
offering  amnesty  to  those  who  would  promptly  submit,  but  threatening  a 
vengeance  very  terrible  to  the  obdurate  who  held  out  against  their  lawful 
sovereign  George  III.  The  Americans  well  knew  what  this  vengeance 
meant,  for  the  Indian  allies  of  the  despotic  and  arrogant  English  govern- 
ment were  entrusted  with  its  execution. 

But  not  all  patriots  were  discouraged.  Through  the  ''New  Hampshire 
Grants,"  in  the  Connecticut  and  Merrimac  valleys,  down  on  the  coast,  in 
the  hills  of  Berkshire,  the  fire  of  liberty  existed,  and  revived  with  a  bright 
flame  as  the  enemy  gained  victories  and  seemed  on  the  point  of  overwhelm- 
ing the  little  armies  of  Americans.  But  there  was  no  money  in  th,e  treas- 
ury and  the  assembled  farmers  at  Exeter  sat  silent  and  uncertain.  John 
Langdon,  a  Portsmouth  shopkeeper,  arose  and  said:  "I  have  $3000  in 
cash,  my  plate  can  be  pledged  for  as  much;  I  have  seventy  hogsheads  of 
Tobago  rum,  which  can  be  sold  for  what  it  will  bring.  These  are  at  your 
service.  If  we  succeed,  the  State  can  pay  it  back;  if  we  fail,  they  are  of 
little  use  to  me ! ' '  Courage  at  once  revived ;  the  militia  was  reorganized. 
John  Stark  was  commissioned  by  the  Colony  of  New  Hampshire  a  general 
and  given  free  rein  to  do  as  he  willed.  Orders  were  given  to  march  rapidly 
to  the  Connecticut  and  rendezvous  at  Charlestown.  Soon  the  militia  were 
there,  about  sixteen  hundred  of  them,  under  Colonels  Stickney,  Nichols  and 
Hobart,  General  Stark  being  the  leader  of  the  whole  force.  The  men  were 
rapidly  drilled.  Some  engaged  in  running  a  solitary  bullet  mould  night 
and  day.  One  musty  old  cannon  was  found.  It  was  quickly  mounted  on  a 
pair  of  cart  wheels,  and  the  little  army  started  over  the  hills  for  Benning- 
ton.  If  the  road  was  too  steep  or  lost  altogether,  then  lusty  men  dragged 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  19 

the  gun  up  the  rugged  hillsides.  Meantime  the  rural  towns  along  the 
Housatonic  were  sending  men  to  Schuyler,  who  having  a  very  poor  opinion 
of  the  New  England  soldier,  late  in  July  sent  most  of  them  home,  to  their 
disgust  and  disappointment.  Schuyler  meantime  was  urging  Washington 
to  send  troops  from  his  own  depleted  ranks  whence  they  could  ill  be  spared. 
lie  also  ordered  Stark  to  join  him  at  Saratoga,  but  that  officer,  who  did 
not  hold  a  Continental  commission,  flatly  refused.  In  his  opinion,  which 
was  also  that  of  Washington,  though  Stark  did  not  know  it,  the  course 
which  promised  most  success  was  to  hang  on  Burgoyne 's  flank  and  rear, 
attacking  whenever  possible,  and  cutting  off  small  detachments. 

Burgoyne,  who  on  July  30th  reached  the  Hudson  and  whose  course  it 
seemed  impossible  to  stem,  was  in  serious  need  of  transportation.  It  was 
represented  to  him  that  the  Americans  had  established  large  stores,  espe- 
cially of  horses,  at  Bennington,  which  might  easily  be  captured,  and  he 
resolved  to  send  out  a  detachment  to  bring  them  in.  Generals  Phillips  and 
Eeidesel,  whose  experience  led  them  to  believe  that  the  Americans  still 
possessed  forees  under  leaders  of  dash  and  ability,  and  that  a  sparate  de- 
tachment would  occupy  a  position  of  great  peril,  protested  against  this  plan. 
But  Burgoyne  was  obdurate,  and  only  enlarged  the  scope  and  extent  of  the 
plan.  His  instructions  to  Lieut.-Col.  Baum,  the  German  officer  who  was 
assigned  to  the  command  of  the  expedition,  were  to  proceed  to  Bennington, 
capture  the  stores  and  horses,  sending  them  back  at  once,  while  the  re- 
mainder of  the  force  advanced  to  Brattleboro,  thence  to  return  through  the 
northern  part  of  Berkshire  and  rejoin  the  army  at  Albany.  Baum  was  to 
be  acccompanied  by  Peters'  corps  (this  was  composed  of  Tories  and  In- 
dians), which  was  to  scour  the  country  and  carry  off  all  cattle,  sheep  and 
horses.  It  is  about  thirty  miles  from  Batten  Kill  on  the  Hudson  to  Ben- 
nington, and  Baum  was  expected  to  make  the  dash  inside  of  two  days.  With 
a  force  of  about  eight  hundred,  among  whom  were  over  four  hundred  of  the 
finest  disciplined  troops  in  the  British  army,  Peters'  corps  of  about  one 
hundred  and  fifty  men,  two  field  pieces  and  a  company  of  dismounted  dra- 
goons, who  were  to  be  mounted  on  the  horses  captured  at  Bennington. 
Baum  set  out  early  in  the  morning  of  August  13th.  If  one  is  to  judge  of 
the  armament  from  the  huge  sword,  ponderous  musket  and  brass  helmet 
now  in  the  Massachusetts  Senate  chambers,  it  will  appear  strange  that,  in- 
stead of  ueing  able  to  make  a  quick  dash,  some  of  those  troops  were  capable 
of  standing  up  at  all  in  the  muddy  forest  through  which  their  route  lay.  It 
has  always  been  the  tradition  of  the  country  that  every  half  hour  or  so  the 
Hessian  officers  halted  their  men,  found  an  open  glade  and  then  had  them 
' '  right  dress, ' '  to  see  if  they  remembered  how  to  be  soldiers. 

The  news  of  Baum's  raid  spread  like  wildfire,  and  runners  soon  had  the 
whole  country  aroused.  Parson  Thomas  Allen  of  Pittsfield  started  with  a 
detachment  of  twenty-two  men  at  once  and  reached  Stark  on  the  evening  of 
the  15th  in  a  rain  storm.  Before  daylight  the  next  morning  he  presented 
a  memorial  to  the  General,  in  which  he  said,  "We,  the  people  of  Berkshire, 
have  frequently  been  called  upon  to  fight,  but  have  never  been  led  against 
the  enemy.  We  have  resolved,  if  you  do  not  let  us  fight,  never  to  turn  out 
again!  "  "Do  you  want  to  fight  now?"  asked  Stark.  "No!  not  just  this 
minute,"  replied  the  reverend  gentleman.  "Then,"  continued  Stark,  "if 
the  Lord  will  give  us  a  little  sunshine  and  I  don't  give  you  all  the  fighting 
you  want,  I'll  never  call  on  you  again." 

When  the  news  of  Baum's  advance  had  been  communicated  to  Stark,  he 
divined  the  plan  at  once.  A  messenger  was  sent  to  General  Lincoln  at 
Manchester  to  meet  Stark  west  of  Bennington,  and  the  latter  at  once  ad- 
vanced to  the  west,  checking  Baum  near  Van  Schaick's  Mill  on  the  Wal- 
loomscoick,  a  small  branch  of  the  Hoosac  river.  As  the  position  was  not 
regarded  by  Stark  as  advantageous,  he  retired  about  two  miles.  Baum 
followed,  but  sent  a  messenger  back  to  report  that  he  was  driving  the 


20  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

American  forces  and  to  ask  for  reinforcements.  Nightfall  came,  and  both 
sides  rested,  the  British  in  tents,  the  Americans  mostly  on  the  ground,  for 
they  possessed  few  comforts,  as  well  as  very  little  of  the  essentials  of  war. 
Although  he  had  about  eighteen  hundred  men,  Stark  had  but  one  rusty  gun, 
no  bayonets,  and  was  short  in  supplies  otherwise.  During  the  night  Baum 
threw  up  some  entrenchments.  His  position  was  a  strong  one,  situated  on  a 
low  hill  lying  within  a  half  circle  curve  of  the  river.  A  bridge  crossed  the 
stream  at  the  south.  Here  he  posted  some  Canadian  troops  and  Tories. 
The  main  body  was  on  the  hill. 

In  the  morning  Stark  divided  his  force  into  three  parts.  Colonels  Stick- 
ney  and  Hobart  with  two  hundred  men  were  to  attack  the  Tories  east  of 
the  river  at  the  bridge.  Colonel  Herrick  with  three  hundred  men  was  di- 
rected to  cross  above  the  upper  bend  where  Baum  could  not  see  them  and 
attack  from  the  north,  while  Colonel  Nichols  with  two  hundred  men  was 
to  follow  and  support  Herrick.  As  these  men  passed  through  a  corn  field 
they  pulled  off  the  tassels  and  put  them  in  their  hats.  This  was  to  enable 
them  to  distinguish  friend  from  foe,  for  neither  the  Americans  nor  Tories 
had  uniforms.  While  waiting  for  the  fire  from  Herrick,  which  was  the 
signal  for  a  general  attack,  Parson  Allen  of  Pittsfield  with  other  volun- 
teers was  lined  up,  probably  in  the  woods  or  on  the  grass  before  the  Tories. 
Feeling  no  doubt  that  among  those  enemies  of  his  country  were  some  of 
his  neighbors  and  parishioners,  and  moved  no  doubt  by  a  stern  sense  of 
duty,  he  suddenly  leaped  upon  the  trunk  of  a  fallen  tree  and  loudly  called 
upon  them  to  come  out  from  among  the  enemies  of  the  country  or  suffer 
the  dire  consequences.  l '  There 's  Parson  Allen !  Let 's  pop  him  off ! ' '  was 
the  answer,  and  a  shower  of  bullets  rattled  about  him;  fortunately  none 
of  them  hit  him,  and  jnmpiug  down,  with  his  conscience  satisfied  probably, 
he  grimly  said  to  his  brother  Joseph:  "Now  give  me  the  musket  and  you 
load  while  I  fire !  ' '  This  meant  something,  for  he  was  a  good  shot.  And 
so  Parson  Allen  fired  the  first  shot  in  the  Battle  of  Bennington. 

About  three  in  the  afternoon,  a  few  minutes  after  the  above  incident,  a 
sharp  rattle  of  musketry  was  heard.  Stark  ordered  the  forward  movement 
and  the  fight  began.  As  he  came  out  of  the  woods  and  the  entrenchments 
lined  with  British  soldiers  in  full  view,  he  uttered  his  famous  remark, 
1 '  Soldiers,  there  are  the  red-coats !  We  must  beat  them,  or  else  Molly 
fetark  will  be  a  widow  tonight !  ' '  With  a  wild  hurrah  the  Americans 
rushed  up  the  hill  in  the  face  of  a  sharp  fire  from  the  British.  Alone  they 
might  have  been  beaten,  but  the  attack  came  from  three  sides,  and  Baum 
saw  that  he  had  been  outwitted  and  would  lose  the  battle.  The  attack  on 
the  Tories  was  so  hot  that  in  a  few  minutes  they  broke  and  fled,  leaving 
many  dead  and  wounded  behind.  Hemmed  in  by  the  Americans,  they  tried 
to  scale  the  hill  at  its  steepest  point  and  get  behind  the  entrenchments,  but 
the  digging  of  the  earthworks  at  that  point  had  made  it  extremely  slippery, 
and  as  they  rushed  up,  slipping  and  falling,  they  were  fully  exposed  to  a 
terrible  fire  from  the  forest-trained  militia  of  the  Americans.  Linus  Par- 
ker, afterward  a  famous  hunter  of  Pittsfield,  says  that  even  had  he  known 
that  he  would  be  shot  dead  the  next  minute,  he  nearly  fell  down  with 
laughter  to  see  the  figures  scrambling  up  the  bluff,  and  then  as  one  after 
another  they  were  shot,  tumble  over  and  roll  down  the  hill!  Bather  grew- 
some  fun,  but  we  can  hardly  blame  the  patriots  for  bitter  feeling  toward 
the  Tories. 

Seeing  that  the  battle  was  going  against  him  and  knowing  that  the 
^oiericans  had  no  bayonets,  Baum  ^rdered  a  charge.  His  men  bravely 
emerged  from  their  works,  but  they  were  met  by  such  a  withering  fire  that 
they,  too,  broke  and  fled,  a  rabble  rout.  The  Americans  wildly  shouted, 
' '  Charge !  charge ! ' '  and  clubbing  their  muskets  chased  after  them  till  the 
miserable  remnant  surrendered.  Baum  was  mortally  wounded  during  the 
charge.  The  victors  then  scattered  to  pick  up  and  save  whatever  of  booty 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  21 

there  was,  and  while  in  this  totally  disorganized  condition,  Colonel  Brey- 
man  arrived  with  the  troops  sent  out  by  Burgoyne  as  reinforcements.  It 
was  impossible  to  recall  any  large  body  of  men,  and  it  looked  for  a  time 
as  if  the  fortunes  of  the  day  were  to  be  reversed.  But  fortunately  Colonel 
Warner  just  then  reached  the  field  with  fresh  troops  from  Manchester  and 
with  the  aid  of  two  captured  field  pieces  and  what  troops  fell  in  behind  the 
new  men,  Breyman  was  soon  completely  routed,  and  his  men  abandoned  the 
neid,  leaving  most  of  their  arms  and  ammunition,  besides  two  guns  brought 
with  them.  Had  it  not  been  that  darkness  came  on,  probably  very  few 
would  have  escaped.  As  it  was,  the  farmers  for  several  days  captured 
wandering  and  starving  refugees  and  brought  them  to  Stark  as  prisoners. 
A  miserable  remnant  of  the  force  which  so  proudly  marched  from  Bur- 
goyne only  three  days  before  returned,  hungry,  wayworn  and  unarmed,  and 
were  taken  in  by  the  dismayed  and  now  disheartened  British  commander. 

The  American  loss  was  about  thirty  killed  and  forty  wounded,  while  that 
of  the  British  was  two  hundred  killed,  besides  more  than  seven  hundred 
prisoners,  and  unknown  wounded.  Stark  captured  four  brass  field  pieces, 
nine  hundred  muskets,  about  the  same  number  of  dragoon  swords,  four 
ammunition  wagons  and  stores,  besides  a  large  amount  secured  by  the 
militia  in  person,  which  they  carried  off  as  souvenirs.  The  prisoners  were 
divided  into  small  companies  and  located  in  a  number  of  places  about  the 
country.  Many  of  them  hired  out  to  work  in  the  harvest  fields,  and  of 
these  a  large  number  settled  and  became  good  American  citizens.  A  few, 
it  is  said,  even  joined  the  Continental  army  and  fought  against  the  invaders. 

The  news  of  the  victory  rapidly  spread  and  wonderfully  revived  the 
drooping  spirits  of  the  patriots  all  over  the  country.  It  gave  new  energy 
to  the  aims  of  the  fighters,  and  finally  decided  the  opinions  of  many  who 
were  uncertain  which  cause  to  espouse.  In  Europe  the  news  was  received 
witn  surprise  and  great  satisfaction  by  the  enemies  of  England.  It  was  an 
important  factor  in  determining  the  eventful  course  of  France,  and  gave 
new  energy  to  the  opposition  in  Parliament,  who  denounced  Lord  North's 
whole  policy  with  increasing  bitterness.  The  battle  is  classed  by  many 
with  Lexington,  Bunker  Hill,  Princeton  and  Trenton.  To  Burgoyne  it 
was  a  stunning  blow,  for  he  realized  at  once  the  peril  of  his  position.  In 
this  battle  and  the  other  skirmishes  which  had  taken  place,  with  desertions, 
for  the  Indians  took  alarm  at  the  first  sign  of  defeat  and  secretly  crept 
away,  he  had  lost  about  a  fifth  of  his  entire  force.  Without  Bennington 
it  is  doubtful  whether  Saratoga  would  have  been  fought  and  gained,  and 
the  surrender  of  Burgoyne  which  followed  might  not  have  occurred. 

This  account  can  hardly  be  closed  better  than  with  a  few  lines  from  a 
poem,  if  it  can  be  so  dignified,  found  with  the  papers  of  General  Stark 
after  his  death: 

Here  followeth  the  direful  fate 

Of  Burgoyne  and  his  army  great, 

Who   so   proudly   did   display 

The  terrors  of  despotic  sway; 

His  power  and  pride,  and  many  threats, 

Have  been  brought  low  by  fortunate  Gates, 

To  bend  to  the  United  States. 

******** 

Sick  and  wounded,  bruised  and  pounded,  528 

Ne'er  so  much  before  confounded. 

******** 

They  lost  at  Bennington 's  great  battle  1220 
When   glorious   Stark   his   arms   rattle, 

Killed  in   September   and   October,  600 

Taken  by  brave  Brown,  some  drunk,  some  sober,                     413 


22  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

This  is  a  pretty  just  account 
Of   Burgoyne's  legions'   whole   amount 
Who  came  across  the  northern  lakes 
To  desolate  our  happy  States. 
Their  brass  cannons  we  have  got  all, — 
Fifty-six, — both  great  and  small; 
And  ten  thousand  stand  of  arms, 
To  prevent  all  future  harms; 
Stores  and  implements  complete, 
Of  workmanship  exceeding  neat; 
Covered  wagons  in  great  plenty, 
And  proper  harness  no  way  scanty; 
Amongst  our  prisoners  there  are 
Six  generals  of  fame  most  rare; 
Six  members  of  their  Parliament, — 
Eeluctantly  they  seem  content; 
The  British  lords,  and  Lord  Balcarras, 
Who  came  our  country  free  to  harass. 
Two  baronets  of  high  extraction 

Were  sorely  wounded  in  the  action.  — Advertiser. 

*         *         *         *         * 

The  old  fashioned  Fourth  of  July  celebration  of  1907  was  a  great  suc- 
cess. Not  for  many  years  has  there  been,  what  might  be  called,  such  a 
' '  congregational  celebration ' '  of  the  day — such  a  congregating  of  the  people 
for  the  conscious  and  set  purpose  of  celebrating  the  day.  If  other  evidence 
of  this  were  needed,  it  would  be  found  in  the  frequent  comparisons  of  yes- 
terday's celebration  with  those  of  the  years  in  the  past.  It  is  many  years 
since  any  occasion  has  brought  to  the  Capitol  grounds  as  large  a  gathering 
as  attended  the  public  literary  and  musical  exercises  at  ten  o'clock  yester- 
day. It  has  not  happened  often,  if  at  all,  that  the  Declaration  of  Inde- 
pendence has  been  read  in  Hawaii  in  the  hearing  of  as  many  people  as 
listened  to  its  reading  yesterday  by  Senator  John  C.  Lane.  Lincoln's 
Gettysburg  address,  with  its  lofty  sentiment  and  rolling  periods  had  more 
auditors,  as  it  was  read  by  E.  B.  McClanahan,  than  Hawaii  has  ever  fur- 
nished on  one  occasion  before. 

The  orator  of  the  day,  Judge  S.  B.  Kingsbury,  could  have  asked  no  better 
gathering,  better  in  numbers  or  interest,  than  that  which  almost  filled  with 
a  solid  mass  of  patriotic  Americans  the  section  of  the  Capitol  grounds  sur- 
rounding the  coronation  bandstand.  The  crowds  in  the  evening  at  the 
Capitol  grounds  to  see  the  fireworks  amounted  almost  to  a  jam.  It  was  a 
Fourth  of  July  when  the  patriotic  people  did  not  neglect  the  assembling  of 
inemselves  together.  It  was  a  people's  and  a  popular  celebration. 

The  public  celebration  of  the  day  centered  and  culminated  in  the  exer- 
cises at  the  Capitol  grounds.  Many  thousand  people — people  of  eleven 
races  according  to  Judge  Kingsbury 's  oration — joined  as  hearers  or  par- 
ticipants in  the  presentation  of  most  of  the  classics  01  our  national  patriot- 
ism whether  in  literary  or  lyric  expression.  It  is  not  often  that  one  hears, 
as  parts  of  one  program,  not  only  "America"  and  the  "  Star  Spangled 
Banner,"  but  "Hail  Columbia,"  the  "xted,  White  and  Blue,"  the  "Battle 
Hymn  of  the  Eepublic,"  and  "Hail  to  the  Flag."  Yet  these  were  all 
parts  of  yesterday's  program  rendered  by  an  effective  choir  accompanied  by 
the  band.  And  in  the  literature  of  patriotism  there  are  no  more  stirring 
classics  than  the  Declaration  of  Independence  and  Lincoln's  Gettysburg 
address.  Promptly  at  ten  o'clock,  Judge  S.  B.  Dole  opened  the  exercises. 
He  spoke  of  what  the  Fourth  of  July  stood  for  both  as  the  natal  day  of  a 
nation  and  a  day  dedicated  to  human  and  civil  liberty.  "It  is,"  he  said, 
"coming  to  be  one  of  the  world's  great  holidays." 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  23 

Judge  Kingsbury's  oration  dealt  much  with  the  relation  of  Hawaii  to 
the  American  Union,  and  he  drew  from  the  accounts  of  past  celebrations  of 
the  Fourth  of  July,  and  from  the  words  spoken  at  some  of  these,  notably 
in  addresses  by  Judge  Sanford  B.  Dole,  proof  of  the  fitness  of  the  union 
between  these  isles  of  the  sea  and  the  strong  American  nation.  His  oration 
was  as  follows: 

Mr.  President,  Ladies  and  Gentlemen  and  Fellow  Citizens: — This  is  the 
day  we  celebrate — we  the  people  of  the  United  States, — the  strongest,  rich- 
est, and  most  benevolent  nation  on  earth.  All  right  of  any  government  to 
exist  is  because  its  governed  need  its  government.  Government  itself,  in 
relation  to  the  object  of  its  rule,  has  no  rights — it  only  has  duty — duty  to 
govern  those  whom  it  has  position  and  power  to  govern,  and  who  need  its 
government.  This  is  true  of  every  kind  and  form  of  government.  The 
parent  governs  the  child  because  the  child  needs  control,  and  the  parent 
has  the  place  and  the  power  to  best  do  this.  The  teacher,  for  the  needs  of 
the  pupils,  properly  establishes  school  government.  God  governs  the  Uni- 
verse because  his  creatures  need  His  government.  The  need  of  those  gov- 
erned to  be  governed  is  the  foundation  of  all  good  and  proper  government. 
Hence  all  right  government  is  benevolent.  No  right  government  is  estab- 
lished for  the  good  of  the  ruler. 

The  form  of  our  government  is  found  in  our  Federal  Constitution  and  is 
best  expressed  in  the  words  of  Abraham  Lincoln — "A  government  of  the 
people,  by  the  people,  for  the  people."  And  because  it  is  for  the  people, 
it  is  benevolent — it  is  right.  If  our  ninety  millions  of  people  needed  no 
protection,  no  government,  then  the  right  to  govern  them  would  nowhere 
exist.  All  civilized  nations,  of  modern  times,  to  a  greater  or  less  degree, 
recognize  this  truth,  but,  so  far  as  I  know,  no  nation  except  ours  has  made 
it  the  foundation  stone  of  its  right  to  exist.  One  hundred  and  thirty-one 
years  ago  this  day  our  fathers  proclaimed  us  a  free  and  independent  nation. 
This  they  had  right  to  do,  if  the  people  of  the  then  Colonies  needed  so  to 
be  governed,  and,  if  they  were  able  to  maintain  their  place,  as  an  inde- 
pendent government.  War  demonstrated  the  ability  of  maintenance,  and 
history  shows  that  this  then  proclaimed  government  has  met  and  accom- 
plished the  needs  of  the  people.  No  wonder  that  the  anniversary  of  that 
proclamation  of  independence  brings  glorious  and  joyous  celebrations  to  the 
millions  of  the  people  of  the  United  States. 

A  baby  is  born  who,  it  is  expected,  will  claim  to  rule  Spain,  by  Divine 
right,  and  that  nation  celebrates  the  event,  and  will  do  so  while  he  lives. 
But  on  July  4,  1776,  a  government  was  born  to  the  people,  for  the  people — 
to  rule  only  because  and  when  the  needs  of  the  people  demanded.  The 
conception  was  Divine,  and  the  issue  stood  on  the  foundation  of  God's 
benevolence  and  of  God's  constitution  of  government.  Different  forms  of 
government  are  severally  best  for  different  people  and  for  different  ages. 
That  form  is  best  for  a  people  which  best  meets  the  needs  of  the  governed. 
Ours  is,  in  form,  a  republic.  Ours  is,  by  the  people  themselves.  Ours  is 
self-government,  and  this  is  the  highest  moral  conception  of  restraint  and  of 
direction.  Theoretically  it  is  perfect,  but  practically  it  will  only  be  good 
when  the  people  are  both  wise  and  good.  Education  and  regard  for  the 
moral  precepts  of  religion  are  absolutely  necessary  to  the  beneficent  exist- 
ence of  a  republic.  Give  to  ignorance  an  oligarchy,  give  to  baseness  an  au- 
tocrat— their  needs  demand  such  rulers,  but  the  enlightened  and  the  con- 
scientious can  govern  themselves.  Fortunately  the  people  of  the  United 
States  have  had  such  preponderance  of  knowledge  and  such  sense  of  justice 
that,  so  far,  our  form  of  government  has  been  as  beneficent  as  benevolent. 
We  have,  as  a  nation,  reached  a  point  where  we  fear  no  governmental 
power,  either^  foreign  or  domestic.  Our  independence  was  established  by 
our  grandfathers,  our  national  unity  by  our  fathers.  We  have  peace  and 
power.  But  the  form  of  our  government,  and  its  provisions  to  safeguard 


24  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

our  personal  liberties  Have  allowed  to  be  laid  and  hatched  scorpion  eggs  of 
discord  and  danger.  The  worst  men  of  Europe,  too  wicked  and  too  in- 
subordinate to  deserve  to  live  even  under  a  kingly  rule,  and  who  need  a 
tyrant  hand,  flock  to  our  shores,  and  under  the  protection  of  our  benevo- 
lence cry  out  against  all  government,  and,  trampling  under  foot  the  rights 
of  others,  sow  seeds  of  dissatisfaction  and  of  dishonesty  in  the  soil  of  ig- 
norance and  envy.  They  are  the  people  who  come  to  us  stuffed  full  of 
rignts,  but  who  never  tasted  of  duties.  The  modern  demagogue  helps  them, 
in  order  to  help  himself  to  official  position.  You  can  always  tell  the  dema- 
gogue— he  talks  of  his  constituents,  of  their  rights,  not  of  duties.  Like 
Tittlebat  Titmouse,  the  demagogue  promises  every  man  everything  in  order 
to  get  support  for  office.  Too  often  such  men  are  elected,  but  in  the  main 
good  men  are  elected  to  office,  and  we  may  rejoice  in  the  truth  of  Lincoln's 
saying,  ' '  You  may  fool  all  the  people  some  of  the  time,  and  some  of  the 
people  all  of  the  time,  but  you  can  not  fool  all  the  people  all  the  time." 
All  danger  to  our  country  is  internal.  The  only  real  safeguard  is  patriot- 
ism. As  long  as  we,  as  a  people,  appreciate  and  love  our  country  as  she 
deserves,  it  is  safe.  The  basis  of  our  appreciation  is  knowledge,  and  the 
basis  of  love  of  country  is  true  benevolence,  which  is  a  regard  for  the  good 
of  sentient  being. 

There  is  a  duty  we  owe  to  all  the  sentient  universe,  and  to  every  sentient 
being.  To  each  and  every  person  capable  of  pain  and  pleasure,  whatever 
his  nationality  or  race.  But  the  moral  law  and  the  obligation  to  do  good 
to  others  is  like  gravity  in  the  material  world — it  is  in  direct  ratio  to  size, 
or  moral  worth,  and  in  indirect  ratio  to  distance.  Our  country  is  of  ines- 
timable worth  by  its  independence,  its  freedom,  its  justice,  its  institutions, 
its  laws,  and  by  its  liberty-loving  justice  regarding  people;  its  history  and 
its  heroes,  its  flag  and  all  it  symbolizes,  its  schools,  churches,  forests,  moun- 
tains, lakes  and  rivers,  its  climate  and  its  soil,  its  all — its  motherhood  of  us. 
So  much  for  its  mass  of  moral  worth.  It  is  also  nearest  to  us,  and  so  it 
is  our  supreme  obligation  as  a  people.  Our  duty  is  where  our  power  is,  and 
that  is  mostly  at  home. 

And  of  this  country  are  now  the  beautiful  evergreen  gems  of  the  ocean, 
these  Islands — as  much  a  part  of  our  great  nation  as  is  the  spot  of  earth 
where  was  first  read  the  Declaration  of  Independence.  Small  they  are,  but 
yet  they  are  the  most  beautiful  gems  in  the  crown  of  our  Columbia.  Beauty 
of  climate,  beauty  of  elevation,  beauty  of  verdure,  beauty  of  outline,  beauty 
O-L  history,  and  beauty  of  character.  And  how  wonderfully  attractive  is 
the  history  of  Hawaii.  Starting  at  the  date  of  our  natal  day  as  a  nation, 
when  lived  the  great  warrior  and  statesman  whose  heroic  statue  now  stands 
before  our  palace  of  justice,  with  hand  extended  toward  us,  as  if  in  invi- 
tation and  benediction,  and  coming  down  through  the  different  stages  of 
progress,  of  improvement,  of  various  and  diversified  changes  in  govern- 
ment, and  governmental,  social  and  religious  institutions  to  the  present  day, 
where  is  history  more  interesting  or  more  beautiful?  Improvement  has 
been  the  aim  and  result — advancement  continuous.  And  why?  Largely 
because  the  kind-hearted  people  of  these  Islands  naturally  turned  to  and 
loved  the  good;  they  were  anxious  to  learn,  and  took  to  education  with  a 
zeal  and  capacity  never  before  seen  in  any  race  of  nature  people,  until 
nearly  all  were  able  to  read  and  write,  until  there  was  a  smaller  percentage 
of  illiteracy  among  those  of  Hawaiian  birth  and  blood  than  among  any 
other  people  on  earth.  And  this  love  of  letters  has  continued,  and  today 
most  of  them  read,  write  and  speak  two  languages — the  Hawaiian  and  the 
English.  I  believe  that  a  greater  per  cent,  of  the  people  of  this  Territory 
read  and  speak  more  than  one  language  than  of  any  other  governmental 
division.  English  and  American  literature  filled  with  sentiments  of  liberty, 
respect  for  law,  and  love  of  justice  became  the  thought  and  life  of  Hawaii, 
until  it  was  natural  that  it  unite  with  either  the  constitutional  kingly  gov- 


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eminent  of  Great  Britain  or  with  the  constitutional  republic  of  America. 
This  latter  has  been  brought  about  not  by  conquest  or  by  revolution,  or  by 
any  governmental  exercise  of  power  or  statecraft,  but  by  growth  and  de- 
velopment here  along  lines  of  least  resistance,  easy,  natural,  unresisted,  and 
where  the  head  and  the  hand  followed  the  heart. 

As  early  as  1794,  Kamehameha  I.  felt  this  inclination,  and  ceded  these 
Islands  to  England,  with  certain  reservations.  England  did  not  accept,  and 
did  not  appreciate  the  greatness  of  the  gift.  Later,  certain  British  officers, 
with  more  acquiescence  than  resistance  on  the  part  of  this  people,  raised 
England's  flag  and  proclaimed  English  rule — an  act  repudiated  by  the 
justice-regarding  English  government.  Ever  since  these  Islands  were  one 
independent  government,  an  independence  first  recognized  by  the  United 
States,  there  has  been  growing  in  the  hearts  and  minds  of  Hawaiians,  Eng- 
lish thought  and  English  love,  until  the  people  became  what  the  American 
Colonies  were  when  the  Declaration  of  Independence  was  made — essentially 
one  in  thought  and  feeling  with  the  great  mass  of  the  liberty-loving,  jus- 
tice-respecting Anglo-Saxon  race.  Location,  communication,  and,  most  of 
all,  teaching  and  preaching  by  New  Englanders,  brought  the  English-born 
American  Eepublic  nearest  to  the  hearts  of  Hawaiians. 

When  suggested  that  we  today  have  an  old-fashioned  Fourth  of  July 
celebration,  I  saw  many  faces  of  born  and  blood  Hawaiians  beam  with 
joyful  acquiescence.  But,  to  my  astonishment,  I  found  they  meant  by  ' 'old- 
fashioned,"  not  the  celebration  of  the  days  of  my  boyhood  on  the  main- 
land, but  celebrations  of  the  Fourth,  in  their  boyhood  on  this  island,  and 
during  the  reign  of  Hawaiian  kings.  By  examining  old  newspapers  as  far 
back  as  1860,  and  since,  I  found  the  accounts  of  such  celebrations  for 
almost  every  Fourth — not  by  a  few  men  and  foreigners,  but  as  a  general 
holiday,  when  most  business  houses  closed  up  by  choice,  and  I  found  the 
program  of  such  celebrations  were  often  exactly  like  our  program  for 
today.  There  was  no  disloyalty,  no  envy,  no  jealousy,  no  fear  felt,  on  these 
occasions,  but  only  an  expression  of  love,  respect  and  admiration  for  our, 
now,  common  country.  In  1867  such  a  celebration  of  the  Fourth,  with 
such  program  as  we  have  here  today,  was  held  in  Honolulu.  The  orator  of 
the  day  said :  ' '  These  Islands,  which  lie  glittering  in  perpetual  verdure 
in  the  midst  of  the  Pacific  Ocean,  are  the  half-way  houses  on  the  highway 
to  the  East;  they  will  always  share  the  commercial  prosperity  and  national 
progress  of  the  United  States."  To  Americans  present,  he  said:  "Cling 
to  your  nationality  always.  Have  faith  in  American  institutions  and 
American  destiny,  and  oelieve  yourselves,  and  teach  your  children  to  be- 
lieve, that  if  you  never  forget  your  country,  your  country  will  never  forget 
you. ' '  And  he  quoted  from  an  English  newspaper  as  follows :  ' '  Continents 
will  be  populated,  cities  created,  and  half  the  world  civilized  by  the  grow- 
ing influence  of  the  United  States  on  the  Pacific." 

On  July  2,  1881,  a  paper  here  published  a  list  of  names  of  all  the  prin- 
cipal business  houses  in  Honolulu,  which  voluntarily  pledged  to  close  up 
business  on  the  Fourth;  and  contained  this  in  its  editorial — "All  the  world 
of  Honolulu  is  invited  to  listen  to  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  an 
oration  by  our  esteemed  fellow  citizen,  Sanford  B.  Dole,  a  poem  by  Mr. 
M.  V.  Thompson,  and  a  variety  of  music  by  the  always  welcome  Eoyal 
band."  On  July  9th,  1881,  the  paper  contained  a  long  news  article  about 
the  celebration  of  the  Fourth,  in  which  we  see  that  Dr.  McGrew  presided 
over  the  literary  exercises,  Mr.  Miller  read  the  Declaration,  Mr.  Handon 
sang  the  ' '  Star  Spangled  Banner "  so  as  to  merit  applause,  after  which 
Mr.  S.  B.  Dole  delivered  an  eloquent  oration.  We  quote  from  Mr.  Dole's 
speech  as  follows:  "But  if  her  internal  policy  is  not  yet  settled,  the 
United  States  has  set  an  example  to  the  world  in  her  external  policy.  Her 
acquisitions  of  territory,  even  when  some  of  them  might  have  been  claimed 


26  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

by  results  of  conquest,  were  made  by  purchase,  and  some  of  the  greatest 
disputes  that  have  exercised  the  diplomacy  of  great  powers  have  been 
settled  by  arbitration;  so  that  it  is  found  that  at  the  end  of  a  century  of 
growth,  instead  of  being  still  a  learner,  she  is  a  teacher  of  nations  in  the 
science  of  government. ' ' 

After  the  oration  ' l  Eally  Eound  the  Flag ' '  was  sung  by  Mr.  W.  W. 
Hall.  Mr.  Peter  Cushman  Jones  followed  with  appropriate  remarks.  ' '  He 
believed  in  being  patriotic  on  this  day  above  all  others.  America  was  first 
to  encourage  Hawaiian  independence.  She  has  given  them  a  treaty  which 
poured  wealth  into  the  land.  It  was  her  policy  to  keep  these  Islands  in- 
dependent so  long  as  self-government  could  be  maintained.  And  closed 
with  these  words:  "May  the  Fourth  of  July  never  be  less  enthusiastically 

commemorated  on  these  Islands  of  the  Pacific." — Advertiser. 
#         #         #         #         * 

"The  Glorious  Fourth"  (1908)  dawned  in  a  very  quiet  manner,  but 
went  out  last  night  in  a  blaze  of  glory.  There  was  a  large  gathering  in  the 
morning  in  the  grounds  of  the  Capitol,  where  patriotic  exercises,  under  the 
auspices  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Eevolution,  were  held.  Dr.  C.  B. 
Cooper,  vice-president,  officiated.  A  feature  of  these  exercises  was  a  fervid 
appeal  to  the  patriotism  of  the  audience  to  oppose  the  attempt  to  secure 
the  suspension  of  the  coastwise  shipping  laws  as  applied  to  the  Islands. 
This  attempt,  Mr.  Jones,  the  orator  of  the  day,  denounced  as  un-American 
and  unpatriotic,  something  done  in  the  interests  of  the  Japanese  as  op- 
posed to  Americans. 

Miss  Alice  Spalding  read  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  her  manner 
being  charming  and  her  reading  exceptionally  good  and  distinct.  She  was 
presented  with  a  large  bouquet  of  roses  at  the  conclusion  of  her  reading, 
the  presentation  causing  a  second  round  of  applause  for  the  patriotic 
maiden.  Master  Aki,  a  student  of  the  Eoyal  School,  read  an  essay  on  ( '  The 
American  Flag, ' '  showing  a  considerable  amount  of  historical  research. 
The  essay,  in  full,  was: 

THE    AMERICAN    FLAG. 

Stand  by  the   flag,  all  doubt   and  treason  scorning, 
Believe  with   courage   firm  and  faith  sublime 

That  it  will  float  until  the  eternal  morning 
Pales  in  its  glories  all  the  lights  of  time. 

— John  N.   Wilder. 

It  is  the  youngest  of  the  world 's  great  nations  over  which  the  oldest 
established  flag  floats.  And  even  so,  the  American  Flag  is  a  growth  rather 
than  a  creation.  Previous  to  the  Stars  and  Stripes  of  the  present,  sixty- 
four  designs,  dating  from  1494,  had  their  use  in  Colonial  days.  Probably 
the  first  seed  of  our  Star  Spangled  Banner  was  sown  when,  late  in  the  year 
1774,  Captain  Markoe  of  the  Philadelphia  Light  Horse  Troops,  introduced 
a  flag  with  a  canton  of  thirteen  stripes.  A  year  later,  Dr.  Franklin,  with 
Messrs.  Lynch  and  Harrison,  was  appointed  to  consider  the  subject  of  a 
national  flag.  The  result  was  a  design  similar  to  the  Hawaiian  flag.  The 
King's  Colors,  or  Union  Jack,  represented  the  sovereignty  of  England,  and 
the  field  of  stripes,  alternate  red  and  white,  represented  the  thirteen  colo- 
nies. The  British  Jack,  distinctive  as  being  the  first  colonial  national  flag, 
was  hoisted  for  the  first  time  over  the  camp  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  on  Jan- 
uary 2,  1776,  and  was  discarded  when  Independence  was  determined  on. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  Eevolution  no  particular  flag  was  adopted  by  the 
Americans.  Various  designs  designated  their  different  troops  and  still  an- 
other flag  was  used  by  their  navy.  The  first  national  flag  after  the  Decla- 
ration of  Independence  had  a  field  of  red  and  white  stripes  and  a  blue 
square,  crossed  with  red  and  white.  In  this  flag,  by  the  addition  of  the 
azure  hue,  we  note  the  completion  of  the  colors  destined  to  remain. 


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In  the  year  1777  a  congressional  committee  accompanied  by  General 
Washington  called  upon  Mrs.  John  Boss  of  Philadelphia  and  engaged  her 
to  make  a  model  flag  from  a  rough  drawing,  which  General  Washington 
modified  in  pencil  by  substituting  a  five-pointed  instead  of  a  six-pointed 
star  shown  in  the  original  draft.  For  many  years  after,  Betsy  Boss,  as  she 
was  familiarly  called,  continued  to  make  the  American  Ensign,  and  today 
her  quaint  two-storied  house  at  239  Arch  street,  Philadelphia,  is  open  to 
all  who  wish  to  visit  the  birthplace  of  the  American  Flag,  for  Congress,  on 
the  14th  day  of  June,  1777 — a  date  now  recognized  as  Flag  Day — adopted 
this  basis  of  the  existing  national  flag.  It  consisted  of  thirteen  stripes, 
seven  red  and  six  white,  and  thirteen  stars  arranged  in  a  circle  on  a  sky- 
blue  field.  In  number,  both  stars  and  stripes  were  emblematic  of  the  thir- 
teen independent  States  of  the  Union.  The  stars  are  supposed  to  have  been 
suggested  by  the  Chief  of  the  Washington  Arms  as  still  shown  on  the  monu- 
ments at  Brighton  in  Northamptonshire,  England.  This  new  constellation 
was  destined  to  be  ever  looked  up  to  with  the  same  faith  that  we  give 
to  the  starry  sentinels  of  night.  Like  stars  of  heaven,  our  flag  stars  have 
never  failed  us.  In  both  we  read  courage,  equality  to  all,  purity,  unity 
and  perpetuity.  Just  as  the  world  has  ever  welcomed  the  flag  which  "has 
never  been  trailed  in  the  dust  by  foreign  or  domestic  foe.  Wherever  it  has 
floated  to  the  breeze,  in  every  sea  and  upon  every  land,  it  has  been  welcomed 
by  all  people  of  all  nations  as  the  inspiration  to  humanity,  to  society,  to  the 
attainment  of  equal  rights."  Surely  it  must  have  encouraged  the  early 
soldiers  of  America,  as  they  followed  their  banner,  to  know  that  the  an- 
cestors of  Washington  also  had  triumphantly  borne  starry  ensigns  across 
many  a  oattlefield  in  the  far-off  days  of  chivalry. 

The  American  flag  was  first  raised  over  Fort  Stanwix — now  the  city  of 
Borne,  N.  Y. — on  August  2,  1777.  The  following  month  it  was  introduced 
on  the  battlefield  of  Brandywine.  Capt.  Paul  Jones  was  there  to  display  it 
on  shipboard  as  he  sailed  on  the  Schuylkill,  after  which  it  was  hoisted  on 
all  American  warships.  Captain  Jones  was  also  the  first  to  carry  the  flag 
across  the  ocean  and  to  a  foreign  country,  when,  late  in  the  year  1778,  his 
ship,  The  Banger,  arrived  at  France.  Soon  after  The  Banger 's  arrival  other 
foreign  warships  cast  anchor  at  the  same  French  port,  consequently  saluting 
America's  flag  and  recognizing  America  as  a  sister  nation  for  the  first  time. 
Ten  years  later,  the  flag  was  carried  around  the  world  by  the  ship  Columbia, 
which  spent  three  years  in  circling  the  globe.  When  the  second  war  against 
England  was  fought,  two  more  States  had  been  added  to  the  Union  and,  in 
consequence,  two  more  stars  and  two  more  stripes  to  the  flag.  During  this 
war  Francis  Scott  Key  wrote  our  national  air  entitled  "The  Star  Spangled 
Banner,"  describing  the  scenes  which  he  had  actually  seen.  This  vivid 
description  proves  the  great  influence  of  the  flag  on  the  battlefield  and  tells 
us  how  America's  sons  have  willingly  risked  all  else  in  order  to  keep  afloat 
the  Star  Spangled  Banner.  Everywhere,  to  an  American  ear,  this  air  ex- 
horts the  best  emotion  that  is  in  mankind — patriotism!  What  true  citizen 
of  America  would  not  add  his  life  to  the  long  list  of  braves  who  willingly 
sacrificed  a  part  of  life's  "little  while"  in  order  that  their  country  might 
live  forever?  This  song  also  recalls  the  fact  that  the  flag  is  the  only 
monument  of  many  gallant  men  swept  from  battlefields  and  closed  over  by 
blue  seas — sleeping  in  unknown  graves. 

As  more  States  claimed  admittance  to  the  Union,  the  flag  was  in  danger 
of  becoming  out  of  proportion  should  the  plan  of  extra  stripes  be  continued. 
Thus  Congress  appointed  a  committee  to  revise  the  flag  suitably.  Captain 
S.  A.  Beid  of  the  U.  S.  Navy  was  a  member  of  this  committee,  and  to  him 
is  due  the  credit  of  the  legislative  act  in  March,  1818,  causing  the  restora- 
tion of  the  thirteen  original  stripes  in  honor  of  the  thirteen  colonies  who 
established  Independence  and  Freedom.  A  star  was  to  represent  each  State 
on  the  field  of  blue,  and  one  to  be  added  for  each  new  State  on  the  Fourth 


28  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

of  July  following  its  admission.  This  act  took  effect  on  July  4,  1818.  Thus 
the  anniversary  of  the  signing  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  is  also 
the  anniversary  of  the  established  flag  of  our  country.  The  first  flag  of 
this  design  was  made  in  New  York  City  by  the  wife  of  Captain  Reid,  as- 
sisted by  several  young  ladies,  and  was  raised  over  the  Capital  of  the 
United  States  on  April  13,  1818.  Since  1866  all  government  flags  are  made 
exclusively  from  American  bunting,  manufactured  in  America  from  Amer- 
ican labor  and  produce.  The  width  of  the  flag  is  two-thirds  its  length ; 
seven  of  the  horizontal  stripes,  beginning  with  the  outermost,  are  red;  the 
six  alternate  stripes  are  white.  The  Union,  or  field  of  blue,  contains  the 
white  stars  in  parallel  lines  and  is  one-third  of  the  flag's  length,  extending 
to  the  bottom  of  the  fourth  red  stripe.  In  the  different  departments  of  the 
Navy  and  the  Army  regulated  sizes  of  flags  are  used.  Forty-eight  stars 
are  now  entitled  to  a  place  on  the  flag.  The  color  red  represents  the  blood 
which  patriots  are  ready  to  shed;  white  stands  for  the  purity  of  their  cause, 
and  blue  denotes  loyalty  and  the  favor  of  heaven.  During  the  Civil  War, 
the  northern  soldiers  affectionately  called  the  flag  ''Old  Glory" — a  name 
that  has  clung  to  it  ever  since. 

The  American  flag  has  crossed  all  seas  and  visited  every  land;  it  now 
flies  over  the  U.  S.  Consulate  in  many  foreign  countries,  thus  protecting 
America 's  children  abroad  as  well  as  at  home.  Officially  it  now  floats  over 
the  icefields  of  Alaska,  over  the  sunny  isle  of  Cuba  and  over  the  Philippines 
in  the  Far  East.  One  of  the  prettiest  sights  in  the  tropics  is  in  Manila, 
when,  after  the  sunset  band  concert  on  the  old  Spanish  Plaza  is  ended  by 
the  national  anthem  of  America,  the  evening  gun  echoes  along  the  shore 
and  the  white-clad  audience  salute  the  flag  and  it  is  lowered  at  retreat.  At 
sea  the  most  peaceful  ceremony  is  on  American  warships,  when  the  flag 
is  raised  at  reveille,  lowered  at  retreat,  and  gracefully  dips  a  respectful 
recognition  in  passing  another  vessel. 

Probably  the  first  visit  of  the  flag  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands  was  late  in 
1789,  when  the  American  ship  "Eleanor"  and  a  little  schooner  called  the 
' '  Fair  American, ' '  commanded  by  Capt.  Metcalf  and  his  son,  came  here. 
On  August  12,  1898,  the  flag  came  to  stay  and  was  officially  raised  over  our 
beloved  Hawaii  nei.  Here,  in  America's  baby  territory,  situated  between 
the  oldest  part  of  the  old  world  and  the  newest  part  of  the  new  world,  the 
flag  is  saluted  by  the  children  of  many  lands  and  races.  Nowhere  else  are 
the  free  public  schools  which  America  provides  for  all  her  youth  better 
appreciated.  Here,  of  all  races  and  color,  alike  receiving  the  great  gift  of 
education  and  the  English  language,  they  enjoy  equal  rights,  liberty  and 
freedom.  Recently  school  government  has  been  introduced,  and  through  it 
the  young  citizens  early  comprehend  citizenship — its  duties  and  privileges. 
When  school  days  are  over,  the  students  will  be  ready  to  take  their  places 
in  the  world — intelligent  and  loyal  citizens  of  America.  Hawaii  is  a  land 
of  music,  and  the  strong  voices  of  the  Hawaiian  public  school  children 
grandly  rendering  ' '  The  Star  Spangled  Banner ' '  never  fail  to  reach  and 
thrill  the  heart  of  the  listener. 

To  Col.  G.  T.  Balch,  a  retired  U.  S.  Army  officer,  is  due  the  credit  of 
having  introduced,  in  1891,  the  salutation  of  the  flag  in  the  public  schools 
of  America.  Thus,  thankful  for  the  blessings  of  Freedom,  ere  passing  to 
classrooms  each  school  day,  a  host  of  citfzens-to-be  respectfully  salute  their 
flag  and,  as  the  Stars  and  Stripes  proudly  unfurl  in  the  morning  breeze, 
in  many  climes,  lovingly,  reverently,  earnestly  repeat — "We  give  our  heads 
and  our  hearts  to  God  and  our  country!  One  country,  one  language,  one 
flag!" 

Hon.  P.  C.  Jones,  the  orator  of  the  day,  delivered  a  stirring  address,  the 
title  of  which  was  "Our  Forefathers,"  which  he  brought  to  a  conclusion 
by  some  extemporaneous  remarks  on  the  local  steamship  situation,  explain- 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  29 

ing  that  this  was  a  national  question  and  not  out  of  place  at  a  Fourth  of 
July  gathering.  Mr.  Jones  said: 

If  any  people  on  the  face  of  this  earth  have  cause  to  honor  and  respect 
their  ancestors,  the  Sons  of  the  American  Eevolution  can  boast  of  theirs, 
for  to  them  they  are  indebted  for  the  peace,  prosperity,  happiness  and 
liberty  they  now  enjoy.  Those  grand,  plain  and  honest  men  gave  their 
time,  their  property,  their  talents,  and  in  many  cases,  their  lives,  to  throw 
off  the  British  yoke,  to  give  to  their  descendants  the  precious  boon  of 
Freedom,  making  our  country  a  free  nation,  which  today  is  the  most  pros- 
perous, richest,  the  most  powerful  and  influential  of  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth.  Many  of  our  forefathers  were  trained  in  a  school  that  prepared  them 
for  the  great  struggle  of  1775,  and  for  seven  long  years  resisted  the  force 
of  Great  Britain.  A  hundred  and  fifty  years  before  this  period  many  of 
the  ancestors  of  the  men  of  1775  were  driven  out  of  England  because  of 
religious  persecution,  and  settled  on  that  stern  and  rock-bound  coast  of 
New  England,  in  a  wilderness  where  even  in  that  desolate  region  they  were 
oppressed  by  laws  that,  annoyed  by  constant  changes  and  cancellation  of 
their  charters,  suffering  great  hardships  and  privations  thereby,  to  say 
nothing  of  their  constant  struggles  with  hostile  Indians.  Then,  again,  about 
forty  years  later  (1663),  among  other  oppressive  measures  introduced  by 
Great  Britain,  were  laws  passed  by  Parliament  to  discourage  American 
shipping.  In  that  year  an  act  was  passed  which  proclaimed  that  no  com- 
modity of  the  growth,  production  or  manufacture  of  Europe  shall  be  im- 
ported into  the  British  plantations,  but  such  as  are  laden  on  board  in  Eng- 
land, and  in  English-built  ships,  of  which  the  master  and  three-fourths  of 
the  crew  are  English.  This  was  aimed  particularly  at  the  Americans,  to 
prevent  them  from  importing  goods  from  England  in  American-built  vessels, 
placing  also  heavy  duties  on  many  articles  imported  from  other  countries 
except  Great  Britain,  "which  aroused  the  indignation  of  the  American 
colonists,  and  sowed  seeds  of  future  rebellion. ' ' 

These  pilgrims  and  Puritans  and  others  by  reason  of  the  oppression  of 
the  home  government,  had  no  love  for  the  mother  country.  They  trained  up 
their  children,  and  these,  their  children  for  several  generations,  instilling  in 
them  a  love  for  their  adopted  country,  and  not  only  taught  them  to  live  the 
' '  simple  life ' '  but  instructed  them  in  living  lives  of  frugality  and  to  en- 
dure hardships  and  privations,  so  when  the  laws  became  more  and  more 
oppressive,  and  they  were  taxed  without  representation,  the  men  of  1775 — 
liberty  loving,  all  of  them — no  longer  submitted,  but  unitedly  demanded 
that  taxes,  as  well  as  obnoxious  standing  armies,  be  removed.  When  the 
news  of  Concord  and  Lexington  spread  like  wildfire  through  New  England 
and  the  other  colonies,  how  they  flocked  in  to  the  support  of  their  com- 
rades! These  untrained  men  left  the  plow,  the  forge,  the  bench,  the  office, 
shouldered  their  muskets  and  marched  against  the  most  powerful  nation 
of  the  world.  Putnam  from  Connecticut,  Stark  from  New  Hampshire,  the 
" Green  Mountain  Boys"  from  Vermont,  and  many  others  from  other 
parts,  traveling  over  roads  almost  impassable,  ready  to  share  all  the  suffer- 
ings and  hardships  of  their  countrymen. 

Those  who  survived  Bunker  Hill,  the  spot  where  British  tyranny  ended 
and  American  liberty  began,  with  many  others  from  all  parts  of  the  colo- 
nies, buckled  on  their  armor  for  the  war.  They  were  poorly  paid  and  fed, 
wretchedly  clothed,  often  suffering  from  cold  or  heat,  added  to  which 
was  that  terrible  winter  at  Valley  Forge,  where  they  were  only  kept  to- 
gether by  the  spirit  of  the  immortal  Washington,  these  forefathers  marched 
bravely  on  through  all  the  battles,  suffering  untold  privations  and  hard- 
ships, until  Yorktown  gave  them  victory  and  made  them  free. 

The  American  sailor  played  a  very  important  part  in  the  American  Revo- 
lution. While  the  Americans  had  no  navy  to  speak  of  at  the  beginning  of 
the  war,  they  fitted  out  many  privateers  and  performed  wonders  in  destroy- 


30  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

ing  British  ships,  causing  a  loss  of  more  than  five  hundred  and  fifty  vessels 
and  more  than  two  million  two  hundred  thousand  pounds  sterling.  There 
were  no  better  sailors  than  the  American,  who  knew  not  only  to  ' i  reef,  hand 
and  steer,"  but  were  familiar  with  handling  guns  and  small  arms.  In  the 
year  1777  the  men  employed  in  privateering  almost  equaled  the  Continental 
Army  under  the  command  of  Washington.  These  men  did  a  noble  service 
upon  the  ocean.  Many  of  them  when  captured  were  impressed  into  British 
service,  while  many  others  suffered  great  privations  and  lingered  and  died 
in  British  prisons.  The  American  people  owe  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  the 
sailors  and  owners  of  private  vessels  of  the  Eevolution.  Paul  Jones  was  the 
naval  hero  of  this  war,  but  there  were  others  as  brave  as  Jones  whose  names 
were  never  recorded  on  the  pages  of  history.  ' '  The  men  behind  the  guns ' ' 
were  not  the  only  ones  who  stood  for  liberty.  There  were  others  who,  by 
voice  and  pen,  gave  encouragement  to  those  in  the  field  and  afloat,  and  such 
men  as  Patrick  Henry,  John  Adams,  Ben  Franklin,  Samuel  Adams,  James 
Otis  and  hundreds  of  other  educated  men,  did  a  grand  and  noble  work  at 
home  and  abroad  for  the  cause  of  Freedom.  And  last  but  not  least  of  this 
noble  band  of  patriots  were  the  women  of  the  Eevolution,  many  of  whom 
were  even  more  patriotic,  if  such  a  thing  was  possible,  than  the  men.  They 
took  with  their  own  hands  the  flintlock  muskets  and  the  powder  horns  from 
over  the  chimney  place  and  put  them  into  the  hands  of  husbands,  sons, 
brothers  and  lovers  and  sent  them  forth  with  their  blessing  to  fight  for 
their  country.  These  women  tilled  the  land,  cared  for  the  wounded  and  the 
dying,  denied  themselves  the  necessary  things  of  life,  especially  tea,  of  which 
tney  were  very  fond.  They  cared  for  the  young  children  at  home,  and  told 
them  of  the  noble  deeds  of  their  fathers,  and  offered  up  earnest  prayers  to 
their  God  for  the  success  of  the  cause,  and  in  many  other  ways,  often  at 
the  risk  of  their  lives,  did  noble  service.  All  honor  to  the  memory  of  these 
wives,  mothers,  sisters  and  sweethearts  (our  grandmothers)  of  the  fore- 
fathers of  the  Ke volution  (Spartan  women — all)  for  their  loving  service  to 
their  country  in  its  years  of  great  need.  Truly  may  we  of  this  twentieth 
century  be  proud  and  very  grateful  for  our  forefathers,  and  may  we  thank 
God  that  our  lot  is  cast  in  such  pleasant  places,  and  that  we  have  such  a 
goodly  heritage. 

Following  this  address,  Mr.  Jones  asked  permission  to  add  a  few  more 
words  on  a  matter  which,  being  of  national  importance,  was  proper  matter 
to  refer  to  at  a  Fourth  of  July  meeting.  This  was  in  reference  to  the  at- 
tempt made  at  the  last  session  of  Congress  to  suspend  the  shipping  laws  to 
enable  American  passengers  to  travel  to  and  from  Hawaii  and  the  main- 
land in  other  than  American  ships.  ' '  I  have  never  believed  in  that  suspen- 
sion/7 said  the  speaker.  "It  is  un-American,  it  is  wrong  to  ask  Congress 
to  remove  this  restriction  in  favor  of  American  shipping.  I  know  that  many 
do  not  agree  with  me.  Our  Governor  and  two  of  our  ex-Governors  have  ex- 
pressed themselves  in  favor  of  it,  and  our  Delegate  to  Congress  made  a 
valuable  speech  in  favor  of  the  suspension  before  Congress,  but  as  Amer- 
cans  we  should  stick  to  American  bottoms  no  matter  what  comes.  The  very 
first  act  passed  by  the  first  Congress  of  the  United  States,  on  July  4,  1789, 
one  hundred  and  nineteen  years  ago  this  very  day,  was  in  favor  of  pro- 
tecting the  American  merchant  marine  by  allowing  a  discount  of  ten  per 
cent,  of  the  duties  upon  imports  brought  in  ships  built  and  owned  by 
Americans.  Previous  to  this  act,  American  vessels  carried  only  seventeen 
and  one-half  per  cent,  of  our  imports  and  thirty  per  cent,  of  our  exports, 
but  in  1790,  by  reason  of  this  law,  American  vessels  carried  forty-one  per 
cent,  of  the  imports,  and  by  1794  the  foreign  vessels  were  almost  com- 
pletely driven  out  of  the  American  trade,  ninety-one  per  cent,  of  the  im- 
ports and  seventy-six  per  cent,  of  the  exports  being  carried  in  American 
bottoms.  In  1810  the  total  tonnage  of  the  American  deep-sea  merchant 
marine  was  984,296,  and  this  was  164,000  tons  more  than  the  American. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  31 

deep-sea  fleet  in  1900.  This  is  the  reason  why  we  should  set  our  faces 
sternly  against  any  movement  to  cease  the  protection  of  American  ships  and 
not  to  take  it  off  in  favor  of  the  Japanese  or  any  other  ships. ' ' — Advertiser. 

*         *         *         *         * 

Patriotism  reigned  in  the  great  auditorium  of  Central  Union  Church  last 
evening  (July  4,  1909),  both  in  song^and  oratory,  the  occasion  being  a 
celebration  of  the  nation's  birthday,  with  Governor  Walter  F.  Frear  pre- 
siding over  the  services,  and  Dr.  Thomas  Green,  the  eminent  lecturer  and 
orator  of  Chicago,  as  the  principal  speaker.  The  address  of  Doctor  Green 
was  not  only  a  masterly  epic  but  his  large  audience  was  held  spellbound  by 
the  art  of  his  enunciation,  his  beautiful  word-painting,  his  clear  narrative 
of  the  formation  of  the  great  American  Republic  and  tne  Stars  and  Stripes, 
and  the  influence  the  American  nation  has  played  in  the  affairs  of  the 
world.  Doctor  Green  spoke  for  more  than  an  hour,  the  rapt  attention  of 
the  audience  never  lacking,  the  keenest  interest  being  manifested  in  every 
sentence  that  no  word  be  lost.  Doctor  Green  is  undoubtedly  one  of  the 
greatest  public  speakers  who  have  ever  appeared  before  a  Honolulu  audi- 
ence, and  his  oration  at  today's  patriotic  celebration  in  the  Opera  House  will 
no  doubt  be  another  magnificent  effort. 

Upon  the  platform  with  the  Governor  were  Dr.  Green,  Dr.  Doremus  Scud- 
der,  President  Griffiths  of  Oahu  College,  President  Home  of  Kamehameha 
Schools,  and  Prof.  W.  A.  Bryan.  Music  was  furnished  by  a  special  quar- 
tette, and  the  solo  of  Mrs.  Mackall  was  beautifully  rendered.  Governor 
Frear  in  introducing  Dr.  Green  spoke  of  the  separation  of  the  colonies  from 
the  mother  country  and  the  establishment  of  the  Eepublic,  when  and  since, 
although  church  and  state  were  forever  separated,  religion  and  patriotism 
had  gone  hand  in  hand.  This  was  more  so  today  than  ever  before.  Here 
in  Hawaii  in  a  marked  degree  it  was  the  missionary  father  and  mother 
who  instilled  patriotism  into  the  youth  of  the  country  and  enabled  Hawaii 
to  be  saved  to  itself  and  finally  to  become  a  part  of  the  great  Eepublic. 

To  follow  Dr.  Green  through  the  magnificent  address  he  made  in  any  re- 
port would  be  to  lose  the  force  of  his  enunciation  and  the  fire  and  energy 
and  patriotism  which  he  instilled  into  every  line.  He  went  back  into  the 
history  of  the  colonies  and  the  events  leading  up  to  the  separation  of  the 
colonies  from  Great  Britain,  the  stand  of  the  minute-men  at  Lexington  and 
Concord,  Paul  Eevere's  ride,  the  sufferings  of  the  army  at  Valley  Forge, 
the  indomitable  courage  of  the  Continental  soldier,  the  making  of  the  flag 
by  Betsy  .Eoss,  and  the  patriotic  utterances  of  the  great  men  of  the  time — 
Jefferson,  Adams  and  others.  He  went  back  to  the  days  of  Eunnymede, 
when  the  first  liberties  were  wrested  from  the  people,  and  back  again  to  the 
struggles  of  the  colonies  and  their  victory.  He  spoke  of  the  battles  of 
the  various  wars,  and  then  spoke  particularly  of  the  origin  of  the  Eed, 
White  and  Blue  and  the  significance  of  the  three  colors.  The  red  signified 
the  glory  achieved  by  the  blood  of  those  who  had  fought  for  it,  and  his 
word-painting  here  was  beautiful.  The  white  signified  the  stainless  glory 
of  the  Eepublic,  and  the  blue  was  God's  promise  of  truth.  He  spoke  of 
witnessing  a  few  nights  ago  a  sunset  when  the  western  Hawaiian  sky  was 
filled  with  fluffy  clouds,  when  the  sun  was  sinking  upon  a  bed  of  clouds,  and 
finally  as  it  sank  to  sleep  the  white  was  shot  with  streaks  of  red,  making 
streamers  of  the  white  clouds,  and  beyond  appearing  upon  the  blue  of 
heaven  a  star  shone — typical,  said  Dr.  Green,  of  the  beauty  and  majesty 
of  the  Stars  and  Stripes,  showing  that  it  was  God's  flag  which  waved  over 
the  great  Eepublic.  It  was  a  flag,  he  said,  which  was  not  crossed  and  criss- 
crossed with  a  maze  of  heraldic  designs.  These  marked  a  personal  aggrand- 
izement of  princes,  whose  victories  caused  them  to  emblazon  upon  their 
standards  the  heraldic  devices  of  the  fallen.  The  Eed,  White  and  Blue  had 
no  such  origin  or  meaning. 


32  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

As  to  Betsy  Boss,  Dr.  Green  said  that  from  Boston  came  the  story  that 
Betsy  Eoss  was  only  a  dressmaker,  that  she  never  had  a  conference  with 
George  Washington,  and  that  she  never  designed  the  flag;  but  he  told  a 
pretty  story  of  a  little  flag  which  had  been  made  for  him  and  presented  to 
him  by  the  granddaughter  of  Betsy  Eoss.  She  had  told  him  the  story 
which  she  had  learned  when  a  child  sitting  at  her  grandmother's  knee. 
Betsy  Eoss  told  her  with  her  own  lips  how  George  Washington  came  to  her, 
how  they  talked  of  a  flag  and  a  five-pointed  star;  how  she  "snipped"  the 
five-pointed  star  and  placed  it  against  the  blue  of  her  skirt.  That  was  the 
true  story,  and  he  was  glad  to  tell  it  to  a  Honolulu  audience,  the  story  he 
had  heard  from  the  lips  of  the  granddaughter  of  the  maker  of  the  flag, 
the  story  which  the  maker  had  told  her.  In  New  England  also  they  had 
said  that  Paul  Eevere  never  made  that  historic  ride.  But  it  was  as  true 
as  that  Betsy  Eoss  made  the  flag. — Advertiser. 

At  a  joint  meeting  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Ee volution  and  the 
Aloha  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Eevolution  at  the  home 
of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Perley  L.  Home,  November  17,  1911,  President  A.  F. 
Griffiths  of  Oahu  College  read  a  paper  on  "Canada  and  the  Colonies,"  a 
brief  abstract  of  which  is  appended: 

"In  considering  the  causes  which  led  up  to  the  American  Eevolution  by 
wnich  the  Colonies  gained  their  independence  from  Great  Britain,  interest 
is  aroused  in  the  reasons  why  Canada  did  not  join  with  the  Colonies. 

"In  spite  of  the  superficial  sameness  of  interest,  some  real  differences 
appear  on  closer  study.  Canada's  status  as  a  British  colony,  as  defined 
by  the  Proclamation  of  1763,  was  fairly  acceptable.  The  people  of  Canada 
lived  practically  in  a  state  of  feudalism  which  almost  precluded  united 
action.  Of  the  seventy  thousand  inhabitants,  all  but  about  four  hundred 
and  fifty  were  Catholics,  who  naturally  had  little  in  common  with  the 
somewhat  virulent  type  of  New  England  Puritan. 

' '  Britain 's  policy  of  governing  Canada  was  conciliatory.  In  the  Quebec 
Act,  she  extended  the  Canadian  boundaries,  removed  restrictions  from  the 
Eoman  Catholic  church,  and  established  the  French  court  procedure  in 
civil  cases,  thus  practically  removing  all  grievances.  She  was  most  for- 
tunate in  her  governors,  for  Murray  and  later  Carleton  showed  rare  force 
and  discretion. 

"The  Continental  Congress  sent  successively  two  sets  of  Commissioners 
to  try  to  induce  the  Canadians  to  join  forces  with  the  Colonies,  but  their 
arguments  fell  on  unheeding  ears. 

"The  attempts  of  Montgomery  and  of  Arnold  to  capture  Canada  by 
military  invasions  were  also  unsuccessful  owing  to  the  defenders '  natural 
strategic  advantage  in  winter  and  to  the  resourceful  and  intrepid  Carleton. 
The  invasions  were  more  than  unsuccessful  from  a  military  standpoint,  for 
they  created  a  feeling  of  doubt  and  suspicion  against  the  Colonies  through 
the  want  of  respect  which  the  soldiers  showed  toward  the  Catholic  church 
and  clergy  and  through  the  payment  of  their  commissary  bills  with  worth- 
less continental  currency  and  illegal  certificates. 

' '  A  summary  of  the  reasons  why  Canada  held  aloof  shows  that  they 
did  not  feel  that  they  were  oppressed,  that  they  enjoyed  freedom  of  press 
and  religion,  and  that,  if  they  did  not  look  upon  Great  Britain  as  their 
mother  country,  they  loved  the  Colonies  less.  They  felt  that  CJanada  united 
to  the  Colonies  would  be  submerged  and  that  as  French  Catholics  they 
could  not  become  subject  to  New  England  Protestanism.  The  colonial  in- 
consistency in  inviting  Canada  to  join  in  the  Eevolution  and  in  promising 
full  benefits  in  the  event  of  success,  and  at  the  same  time  in  protesting 
against  the  Quebec  Act,  which  favored  Canada,  was  also  not  lost  upon  the 
Canadians.  Finally,  Canada  saw  disadvantages  in  having  a  neighbor  and 
rival  for  a  ruler." 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  33 

THE    SOCIETY'S   INFLUENCE   IN   SECUEING   ANNEXATION. 

At  the  suggestion  of  Compatriot  Lorrin  A.  Thurston,  an  address  to  the 
members  of  the  National  Society  in  the  United  States,  advocating  the  an- 
nexation of  the  Eepublic  of  Hawaii,  was  drawn  up  by  the  Registrar,  and 
adopted  by  the  Hawaiian  Society  on  May  22,  1897.  The  address  had  the 
endorsement  of  the  local  organizations  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Eepublic 
and  the  Sons  of  Veterans,  and  had  a  marked  effect  in  bringing  about  the 
desired  annexation.  Fifty  thousand  copies  of  the  address  were  distributed 
in  the  United  States.  The  text  was  as  follows: 

To  the  Members  of  the  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution 
Residing  in  the  United  States  of  America: 

COMPATRIOTS:  We,  members  of  this  first  chapter  of  the  S.  A.  E.  estab- 
lished in  a  foreign  land,  send  fraternal  greeting  to  our  compatriots  in  the 
mother  country. 

Occupying  this  advanced  post  of  American  civilization  in  the  Pacific 
Ocean,  we  think  it  proper  for  us  as  patriotic  Americans  and  lovers  of  liberty, 
in  the  present  critical  state  of  affairs,  while  avoiding  all  partisan  consider- 
ations, to  lay  before  you  a  statement  of  certain  facts  which  intimately  con- 
cern the  honor  and  the  future  prosperity  of  our  common  country,  and  the 
maintenance  of  American  principles  and  institutions  here. 

These  islands  furnish  a  signal  example  of  the  pervading  and  transforming 
power  of  those  principles  which  it  is  the  object  of  our  Society  "to  maintain 
and  extend. ' '  Americans  may  well  be  proud  of  what  a  little  colony  of  their 
countrymen  has  achieved  for  civilization  in  these  islands,  encouraged  and 
aided,  as  it  has  been,  by  the  policy  of  the  United  States  for  more  than  half 
a  century.  And  now  that  this  American  civilization,  built  up  under  the  fos- 
tering care  of  the  mother  country,  is  in  imminent  peril,  it  is  time  that  the 
true  state  of  affairs  should  be  understood  by  all  loyal  Americans. 

HAWAII    THE    MEETING   PLACE   OF    AMERICAN   AND   ASIATIC    CIVILIZATION. 

These  islands  are  the  meeting  place  of  the  East  and  the  West,  of  the 
American  and  the  Asiatic  forms  of  civilization,  and  a  few  years  will  wit- 
ness the  triumph  of  one  or  the  other.  Few  of  our  countrymen  are  aware  of 
the  rapid  changes  taking  place  in  the  condition  of  the  Pacific  Ocean.  Aus- 
tralia is  becoming  a  mighty  commonwealth;  Japan  is  pushing  her  way  to 
the  front  as  a  naval  and  commercial  power;  China  is  beginning  to  awake 
out  of  her  long  sleep;  while  Eussia  only  waits  the  near  completion  of  the 
trans-Siberian  railroad  to  compete  for  the  control  of  this  ocean. 

THE    PROPHECY    OF    WM.    H.    SEWARD. 

The  prophecy  uttered  thirty  years  ago  by  Wm.  H.  Seward  bids  fair  to 
be  fulfilled,  viz :  ' '  The  Pacific  Ocean,  its  shores,  its  islands,  and  the  vast 
regions  beyond,  will  become  the  chief  theater  of  events  in  the  world's  great 
hereafter. ' ' 

HAWAII  WITHIN  THE  SPHERE  OF  THE  MONROE  DOCTRINE. 

The  position  of  these  islands  shows  that  their  relations  are  naturally  with 
the  American  Continent.  For  that  reason  they  properly  fall  within  the 
sphere  of  the  Monroe  Doctrine,  and  it  is  certainly  for  the  interest  of  their 
people  that  they  should  be  kept  aloof  from  the  politics  of  the  Old  World, 
it  has  been  remarked  that  San  Francisco,  Honolulu,  and  Unalaska  form  an 
equilateral  triangle.  The  relation  of  these  islands  to  the  Pacific  coast  of 
America  is  very  similar  to  that  of  the  Bermuda  Islands  to  the  Atlantic  coast. 

HAWAII'S    STRATEGIC    POSITION. 

Admiral  Belknap  and  Captain  Mahan  have  ably  explained  the  unique 
strategic  position  of  Hawaii,  forming  as  it  does  ''the  center  of  a  vast  circle 


34  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

whose  radius  is  approximately  the  distance  from  Honolulu  to  San  Fran- 
cisco, which  is  substantially  the  same  distance  as  from  Honolulu  to  the 
Gilbert,  Marshall,  Samoan  and  Society  Islands,  all  under  European  control 
except  Samoa,  in  which  we  have  a  part  influence."  *  *  *  "Shut  out 
from  the  Hawaiian  Islands  as  a  coaling  base, ' '  continues  Captain  Mahan, 
"an  enemy  is  thrown  back  for  supplies  of  fuel  to  distances  of  3,500  or 
4,000  miles — or  between  7,000  and  8,000  miles  going  and  coming, — an  im- 
pediment to  sustained  maritime  operations  well-nigh  prohibitive. "  "  It  is 
rareiy  that  so  important  a  factor  in  the  attack  or  defence  of  a  coast  line — 
of  a  sea  frontier — is  concentrated  in  a  single  position,  and  this  circumstance 
renders  it  doubly  imperative  upon  us  to  secure  it  if  we  righteously  can." 

THE  "CROSS-ROADS  OF  THE  PACIFIC." 

The  commercial  position  of  the  islands  is  not  less  unique  and  important, 
standing  as  they  do  at  the  * '  Cross-roads  of  the  Pacific, ' '  at  the  intersection 
of  the  steamship  lines  from  Australia  to  San  Francisco  and  to  Vancouver, 
and  from  San  Francisco  to  Japan  and  China.  The  opening  of  the  Nicaragua 
Canal  and  the  completion  of  the  Siberian  railroad  will  add  immensely  to 
the  importance  of  these  islands  as  a  coaling  station  and  a  distributive  point 
for  commerce.  Nor  can  they  be  passed  by  in  any  scheme  for  laying  tele- 
graph cables  across  the  Pacific. 

Aside  from  their  position  on  the  globe,  the  Hawaiian  Islands  have  a  claim 
on  your  consideration,  both  for  what  they  are  and  for  what  Americans  have 
made  of  them.  They  comprise  an  area  of  nearly  7,000  square  miles,  or  four 
million  acres,  the  greater  part  of  which,  however,  is  occupied  by  rugged 
mountains  or  tracts  of  lava.  The  climate  is  subtropical,  being  modified  by 
the  trade  winds,  the  ocean  currents  from  the  Bering  Sea,  and  the  lofty 
mountains,  on  some  of  which  snow  falls  every  winter.  It  is  better  suited 
for  white  labor  than  that  of  a  large  part  of  the  southern  belt  of  the  United 
States.  It  may  safely  be  said  that  the  islands  have  undeveloped  resources 
capable  of  supporting  with  ease  five  times  their  present  population. 

AMERICANS    HAVE    MADE   HAWAII   WHAT   IT   IS. 

This  is  not  the  place  to  give  even  a  sketch  of  the  history  of  this  country. 
It  is  well  known  that  the  Christian  civilization  of  these  islands  is  mainly 
due  to  the  philanthropic  labors  of  American  citizens  who  saved  the  native 
race  from  the  rapid  extinction  which  threatened  them,  secured  for  the  down- 
trodden serfs  their  lands  and  civil  rights  unknown  before,  preserved  the  in- 
dependence of  their  country,  and  assisted  them  in  organizing  and  carrying 
on  a  constitutional  government.  It  is  mainly  due  to  American  influences 
that  life  and  property  are  as  secure  here  as  in  any  spot  on  the  globe,  that 
justice  is  administered  in  accordance  with  the  common  law,  that  there  is 
gratuitous  compulsory  education  in  the  English  language  for  all,  that 
crimes  of  violence  are  rare,  and  houses  generally  left  unlocked,  while  tramps 
and  professional  beggars  are  unknown. 

EX-SECRETARY   FOSTER'S    VIEWS. 

As  Hon.  John  W.  Foster  testifies  of  Honolulu:  "In  scarcely  any  other 
city  of  the  world  can  be  found  a  community  more  fully  imbued  with  the 
spirit  of  enterprise,  education,  and  intellectual  culture." 

PROPERTY   OWNED   AND   BUSINESS    CONTROLLED   BY  AMERICANS. 

Of  the  capital  invested  in  the  islands,  two-thirds  is  owned  by  Americans. 
It  is  chiefly  owing  to  American  energy  and  enterprise  that  a  population  of 
about  one  hundred  thousand  souls  exported  productions  valued  at  more 
than  fifteen  million  dollars,  and  imported  over  seven  million  dollars'  worth 
last  year.  Of  this  trade  ninety-two  per  cent,  was  with  the  United  States, 
and  eighty-two  and  one-half  per  cent,  of  it  carried  on  under  the  American 
flag.  Nothing  like  this  is  true  of  any  other  foreign  country  in  the  world. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  35 

More  than  a  third  of  all  the  American  merchant  ships  engaged  in  foreign 
trade  are  employed  in  the  commerce  of  this  lilliputian  republic. 

CAUSES    OF    THE    OVERTHROW    OP    THE    MONARCHY. 

This  is  not  the  place,  nor  is  it  necessary,  to  vindicate  the  Eevolution  of 
1893.  The  underlying  causes  of  it  were  similar  to  those  of  the  American 
Eevolution.  It  may  truly  be  said  that  it  was  the  same  element  that  had 
procured  for  the  Hawaiian  people  their  lands  and  their  civil  rights,  that 
had  saved  their  independence,  and  had  borne  with  the  Hawaiian  monarchy 
long  after  it  had  become  a  demoralizing  sham,  and  that  at  last  was  forced 
in  self-defence  to  put  an  end  to  it. 

The  revolution  was  not  the  work  of  filibusters  and  adventurers,  but  of 
the  most  conservative  and  law-abiding  citizens,  of  the  principal  taxpayers, 
the  leadeers  of  industrial  enterprises,  who  had  endured  the  rule  of  carpet- 
baggers and  palace  parasites  until  "forbearance  ceased  to  be  a  virtue." 

THE   RECORD    OF    THE   REPUBLIC. 

The  record  of  the  present  republican  government,  which  has  administered 
the  affairs  of  this  country  for  four  years,  and  which,  according  to  Hon. 
John  W.  Foster,  "has  been  distinguished  by  great  ability,  careful  attention 
to  the  interest  of  the  people,  and  by  thorough  integrity,"  fully  justifies 
the  character  and  motives  of  those  who  founded  it.  But  this  government 
does  not  regard  itself  as  permanent,  for  by  its  constitution  it  declares  its 
purpose  to  go  out  of  existence  as  soon  as  the  United  States  shall  consent 
to  admit  these  islands  into  the  Union.  It  has  already  been  shown  that 
there  is  a  vigorous  American  colony  in  the  islands,  and  that  there  is  ample 
wealth  and  intelligence  here  to  carry  on  and  to  pay  all  the  expenses  of  a 
territorial  government  under  the  broad  aegis  of  the  Union. 

HAWAII   HAS   ARRIVED  AT   A   TURNING-POINT. 

It  may  be  said:  "Why  not  continue  as  you  are  for  an  indefinite  period? " 
We  reply  that  we  have  arrived  at  a  turning-point  where  things  will  not  long 
remain  as  they  are.  The  irrepressible  contest  between  Asiatic  and  American 
civilizations  is  becoming  more  intense  and  will  not  be  decided  in  favor  of 
America  except  by  annexation. 

An  active  movement  has  been  on  foot  here  for  some  time  to  abolish  the 
system  of  contract  labor,  and  to  seek  white  workers  from  the  United  States, 
under  a  system  of  profit-sharing  which  is  already  in  operation  on  some  of 
our  plantations,  and  has  been  successfully  tried  in  Queensland.  Special 
efforts  have  also  been  made  by  this  government,  with  a  gratifying  degree  of 
success,  to  attract  industrious  farmers  from  the  United  States  to  develop 
our  coffee  lands.  But  in  our  overtures  for  a  closer  union  with  the  mother 
country  are  spurned,  if  our  products  are  discriminated  against  in  American 
markets,  and  we  are  treated  as  aliens,  it  is  certain  that  neither  of  these 
undertakings  can  succeed.  The  uncertainty  that  will  hang  over  the  fate 
of  this  country  will  deter  the  most  desirable  class  of  settlers  from  coming 
here. 

JAPAN'S  PEACEFUL  INVASION. 

On  the  other  hand,  Japan  is  quietly  pouring  in  her  people  for  the  pur- 
pose of  making  a  peaceful  conquest  of  the  Islands,  which  is  a  perfectly 
legitimate  ambition.  We  can  restrict  or  exclude  Chinese  immigration,  for 
we  have  no  treaty  with  China.  But,  unfortunately,  our  treaty  made  with 
Japan  in  1871  contains  the  ' '  favored  nation ' '  clause,  and  under  its  provis- 
ions we  cannot  prevent  her  people  from  coming  as  free  immigrants.  Five 
immigration  companies  are  at  work,  with  their  agents  in  Japan,  who  resort 
to  every  artifice  to  drum  up  recruits  and  to  evade  our  immigration  laws. 

The  recent  enforcement  of  a  law  intended  to  exclude  paupers  has  led  to 
a  serious  controversy  between  the  two  governments.  The  native  press  of 


36  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Japan,  and  many  of  her  people  residing  here,  plainly  avow  their  intention 
to  possess  Hawaii.  It  would  not  be  good  diplomacy  to  admit  officially  that 
any  such  intention  exists,  nor  is  it  necessary  for  Japan  to  use  any  force  to 
accomplish  her  ends. 

As  Compatriot  W.  E.  Castle  has  well  stated  it,  "When  Hawaii  shall  be 
full  of  Japanese,  many  of  whom  will  be  educated  men,  and  just  as  intelli- 
gent as  our  present  electors,  can  it  be  supposed  that  we  can  prevent  them 
from  voting?  Never!  And  by  a  single  election  all  will  be  changed.  Can 
your  government  object  to  this  or  complain  of  it?  No;  for  it  will  simply 
be  an  act  of  the  people  of  the  Eepublic  of  Hawaii.  Nor  can  you  complain 
Ox  the  next  step,  the  withdrawal  of  all  negotiations  for  annexation,  for 
protection,  or  for  any  form  of  closer  political  or  commercial  union.  Mean- 
while, a  Hawaiian  Minister  will  be  kept  in  Washington,  and  'cordial  rela- 
tions' will  be  maintained  with  the  United  States,  as  the  President  will  con- 
tinue to  say  in  his  messages  to  Congress. ' ' 

But  the  Eepublic  of  Hawaii  would  then  be  run  by  loyal  subjects  of  the 
Mikado,  its  markets  would  be  filled  with  Japanese  products,  its  industries 
carried  on  by  Japanese  planters  and  manufacturers,  and  its  ports  filled 
with  ships  carrying  the  victorious  flag  of  the  Eising  Sun.  And  if,  when  the 
time  is  ripe,  Hawaii  should  proceed  to  ask  for  actual  annexation  to  Japan, 
who  would  have  a  right  to  interfere!  Certainly  not  the  United  States,  after 
having  so  long  refused  all  offers  of  annexation.  Tne  "dog-in-the-manger" 
policy  will  not  succeed  in  the  long  run. 

OBJECTIONS   TO   ANNEXATION   NOT   WELL   FOUNDED. 

If  the  objections  that  are  commonly  urged  in  the  United  States  against 
the  annexation  of  the  Islands  on  the  grounds  of  non-contiguity,  undesirable 
population,  and  unfitness  for  statehood  are  examined,  they  will  all  be  found 
to  apply  in  a  still  greater  degree  to  the  acquisition  of  Alaska.  In  fact,  the 
plans  of  the  far-seeing  statesman  who  brought  about  the  purchase  of  Alaska 
included  also  these  islands  and  a  future  isthmian  canal.  The  act  of  an- 
nexation would  not  per  se  confer  American  citizenship  on  any  who  were 
not  already  citizens  of  the  Hawaiian  Eepublic.  The  laws  of  the  Federal 
Government  in  regard  to  naturalization  and  immigration  would  immedi- 
ately come  into  force,  and  be  applied  to  the  Asiatic  elements  of  the  popu- 
lation, and  contracts  for  labor  would  cease  to  be  made. 

Under  the  security  of  the  starry  flag,  American  skill  and  enterprise  will 
work  the  same  wonders  here  that  they  have  done  in  Southern  California. 
The  progress  of  Americanization  will  be  rapid,  although  the  difficulties  in 
the  way  have  been  greatly  increased  by  the  delay  of  the  past  four  years. 

APPEAL   TO    COMPATRIOTS   TO   EXERCISE   INFLUENCE   IN    FAVOR   OF   ANNEXATION. 

Believing  that  no  half-way  measure  will  meet  the  case,  and  that  now  is 
the  time  for  the  United  States  to  secure  this  outpost  of  its  western  frontier, 
not  only  for  its  security  and  the  development  of  its  commerce,  but  for  the 
sake  of  maintaining  and  extending  American  principles  at  this  central 
meeting  place  of  races,  we  request  our  compatriots  to  give  this  subject  a 
careful  and  calm  consideration,  and  to  exert  their  influence  for  the  cause 
of  freedom,  either  as  individuals  or  officially,  as  shall  be  deemed  most  proper. 

For  the  Society: 

PETEE  CUSHMAN  JONES,  President. 
JOHN  EFFINGEE,  Secretary. 


Eighty-five  excellent  essays  were  written  by  the  school  children  of  Hono- 
lulu schools  in  February,  1912,  on  "Washington  and  His  Times,"  in  re- 
sponse to  the  offer  of  two  prizes  of  $25  and  $15  by  Hon.  Charles  Henry 
Dickey,  President  of  the  Hawaiian  Society. 


NATIONAL  SOCIETY—SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION. 

OFFICERS— 1911-12. 

MOSES  GREELEY  PARKER,  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  President-General. 

JOSEPH  G.  BUTLER,  JR.,  Youngstown,  Ohio,  Vice-President-General. 

GEN.  IRVING  HALE,  Denver,  Colorado,  Vice-President-General. 

E.  C.  BALLARD  THURSTON,  Louisville,  Kentucky,  Vice-President-General. 

GEORGE  O.  Dix,  Terre  Haute,  Indiana,  Vice-President-General. 

COMMANDER  JOHN  H.  MOORE,  U.  S.  N.,  Washington,  D.  C.,  Vice-President. 

A.  HOWARD  CLARK,  Washington,  D.  C.,  Secretary-General;  Registrar-General. 

JOHN  H.  BURROUGHS,   New  York,   Treasurer -General. 

DAVID  L.   PEARSON,   East  Orange,   New  Jersey,   Historian-General. 

REV.  JOHN  TIMOTHY  STONE,  D.D.,  Chicago,  Illinois,  Chaplain-General. 

CONSTITUTION 

OF   THE 

NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE 
AMERICAN  REVOLUTION. 

(Adopted  at  the  Denver  Congress,  June  3,  1907;  amended  at 
the  Toledo  Congress,  May  2,  1910,  and  at  the  Louisville 
Congress,  May  2,  1911.) 

ARTICLE  I. 

NAME. 

The  name  of  this  Society  shall  be  "  The  Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution." 

ARTICLE  II. 

PURPOSES  AND  OBJECTS. 

The  purposes  and  objects  of  this  Society  are  declared  to  be 
patriotic,  historical  and  educational,  and  shall  include  those  in- 
tended or  designed  to  perpetuate  the  memory  of  the  men  who, 
by  their  services  or  sacrifices  during  the  War  of  the  American 
Revolution,  achieved  the  independence  of  the  American  people; 
to  unite  and  promote  fellowship  among  their  descendants ;  to  in- 
spire them  and  the  community  at  large  with  a  more  profound 
reverence  for  the  principles  of  the  government  founded  by  our 
forefathers ;  to  encourage  historical  research  in  relation  to  the 
American  Revolution ;  to  acquire  and  preserve  the  records  of  the 
individual  services  of  the  patriots  of  the  war,  as  well  as  docu- 
ments, relics  and  landmarks ;  to  mark  the  scenes  of  the  Revolu- 
tion by  appropriate  memorials;  to  celebrate  the  anniversaries  of 
the  prominent  events  of  the  war  and  the  Revolutionary  period; 


38  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

to  foster  true  patriotism ;  to  maintain  and  extend  the  institutions 
of  American  freedom ;  and  to  carry  out  the  purposes  expressed 
in  the  preamble  to  the  Constitution  of  our  country  and  the  in- 
junctions of  Washington  in  his  farewell  address  to  the  American 
people. 

ARTICLE  III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  1.  Any  man  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  the 
Society  who,  being  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  or  over,  and  a 
citizen  of  good  repute  in  the  community,  is  the  lineal  descendant 
of  an  ancestor  who  was  at  all  times  unfailing  in  his  loyalty  to  and 
rendered  actual  service  in  the  cause  of  American  Independence, 
either  as  an  officer,  soldier,  seaman,  marine,  militiaman,  or  minute 
man  in  the  armed  forces  of  the  Continental  Congress  or  of  any  one 
of  the  several  Colonies  or  States ;  or  as  a  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence;  or  as  a  member  of  a  Committee  of  Safety  or 
Correspondence ;  or  as  a  member  of  any  Continental,  Provincial, 
or  Colonial  Congress  or  Legislature ;  or  as  a  recognized  patriot 
who  performed  actual  service  by  overt  acts  of  resistance  to  the 
authority  of  Great  Britain. 

Section  2.  No  one  shall  be  entitled  to  membership  in  any  State 
Society  who  has  previously  been  a  member  of  any  other  State 
Society  and  dropped  for  the  non-payment  of  dues,  until  the  in- 
debtedness of  such  individual  to  the  first  Society  shall  have  been 
adjusted. 

Section  3.  Applications  for  membership  shall  be  made  to  any 
State  Society,  in  duplicate,  upon  blank  forms  prescribed  by  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  shall  in  each  case  set  forth  the  name,  oc- 
cupation and  residence  of  the  applicant,  line  of  descent,  and  the 
name,  residence  and  services  of  his  ancestor  or  ancestors  in  the 
Revolution,  from  whom  he  derives  eligibility.  The  applicant  shall 
make  oath  that  the  statements  of  his  application  are  true,  to  the 
best  of  his  knowledge  and  belief.  Upon  the  approval  of  an  applica- 
tion by  the  State  Society,  to  which  it  is  made,  one  copy  shall  be 
transmitted  to  the  Registrar-General  of  the  National  Society,  who 
shall  examine  further  the  eligibility  of  the  applicant.  If  satisfied 
that  the  member  is  not  eligible,  he  shall  return  the  application  for 
correction. 

Section  4.  The  official  designation  of  the  members  of  the 
National  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  shall 
be  "  Compatriots." 

ARTICLE  IV. 

NATIONAL  AND  STATE  SOCIETIES. 

Section  1.  The  National  Society  shall  embrace  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  State  Societies  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  39 

tion,  now  existing  or  which  may  hereafter  be  established  under 
tnis  Constitution. 

Section  2.  Whenever  in  any  State  or  Territory,  in  which  a 
State  Society  does  not  exist,  or  in  which  a  State  Society  has  be- 
come inactive  or  failed  for  two  years  to  pay  its  annual  dues  to 
the  National  Society,  fifteen  or  more  persons  duly  qualified  for 
membership  in  this  Society  may  associate  themselves  as  a  State 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  organize 
in  accordance  with  this  Constitution,  they  may  be  admitted  by  the 

Board  of  Trustees  to  the  National  Society  as  "  The 

Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution,"  and  shall  there- 
after have  exclusive  local  jurisdiction  in  the  State  or  Territory  or 
in  the  District  in  which  they  are  organized,  subject  to  the  provis- 
ions of  this  Constitution ;  but  this  provision  shall  not  be  construed 
so  as  to  exclude  the  admission  of  candidates  residing  in  other 
States. 

Section  3.  Each  State  Society  shall  judge  of  the  qualifications 
of  its  members  and  of  those  proposed  for  membership,  subject 
to  the  provisions  of  this  Constitution,  and  shall  regulate  all  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  its  own  affairs.  It  shall  have  authority  to 
establish  local  chapters  within  its  own  jurisdiction  and  to  endow 
the  chapters  with  such  power  as  it  may  deem  proper,  not  incon- 
sistent with  this  Constitution.  It  shall  have  authority  to  estab- 
lish local  chapters  within  its  own  jurisdiction  and  to  endow  the 
chapters  with  such  power  as  it  may  deem  proper,  not  inconsist- 
ent with  the  Chapter  of  the  National  Society  or  with  this  Con- 
stitution. It  shall  have  authority,  after  due  notice  and  impartial 
trial,  to  expel  any  member  who,  by  conduct  unbecoming  a  gen- 
tleman, shall  render  himself  unworthy  to  remain  a  member  of 
the  Society. 

Section  4.  Each  State  Society  shall  submit  to  the  Annual  Con- 
gress of  the  National  Society  a  report,  setting  forth  by  name  the 
additions,  transfers  and  deaths,  and  any  other  changes  in  the 
membership  and  the  progress  of  the  State  Societv  during  the  pre- 
ceding year,  and  making  such  suggestions  as  it  shall  deem  proper 
for  the  promotion  of  the  objects  of  the  National  Society. 

Section  5.  Whenever  a  member,  in  good  standing  in  his  So- 
ciety, changes  his  residence  from  the  jurisdiction  of  the  State 
Society  of  which  he  is  a  member  to  that  of  another,  he  shall  be 
entitled,  if  he  so  elects,  to  a  certificate  of  honorable  dismission 
from  his  own  State  Society  in  order  that  he  may  be  transferred 
to  the  State  Society  to  whose  jurisdiction  he  shall  have  changed 
his  residence;  provided,  that  his  membership  shall  continue  in 
the  former  until  he  shall  have  been  elected  a  member  of  the  latter. 
Each  State  Society  shall,  however,  retain  full  control  of  the  ad- 
mission of  members  by  transfer. 


40  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Section  6.  Whenever  the  word  "State"  occurs  in  this  Consti- 
tution, it  shall  be  held  to  include  within  its  meaning  the  District 
of  Columbia  and  the  Territories  of  the  United  States. 

Section  7.  A  Society  may  be  formed  in  any  foreign  country 
by  fifteen  or  more  persons  who  are  eligible  to  membership  under 
this  Constitution,  which  shall  bear  the  same  relation  to  the  Na- 
tional organization  as  the  State  Society,  subject  to  the  provisions 
of  this  Constitution. 

ARTICLE  V. 

OFFICERS   AND    TRUSTEES. 

Section  1.  The  General  Officers  of  the  National  Society  shall 
be  a  President-General,  five  Vice-Presidents-General,  the  order  of 
seniority  among  whom  shall  be  determined  by  lot  at  the  time  of 
their  election,  a  Secretary-General,  Treasurer-General,  Registrar- 
General,  Historian-General,  and  Chaplain-General,  who  shall  be 
elected  by  ballot  by  a  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  present, 
and  entitled  to  vote  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Congress  of  the 
National  Society,  and  shall  hold  office  for  one  year  and  until  their 
successors  shall  be  elected. 

Section  2.  The  General  Officers  provided  for  in  section  1, 
together  with  one  member  from  each  State  Society,  shall  consti- 
tute the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  National  Society.  Such  Trustee 
fiom  each  of  the  several  State  Societies  shall  be  elected  annually 
at  the  Congress  of  the  National  Society,  upon  the  nomination,  or 
from  a  list  of  nominees,  to  be  made  by  each  of  the  State  Societies 
and  submitted  to  the  National  Society  by  the  filing  thereof  with 
the  Secretary  of  the  National  Society  at  least  thirty  days  before 
the  meeting  of  the  Annual  Congress  of  the  National  Society.  And 
in  the  event  that  any  one  or  more  of  the  State  Societies  shall  omit 
or  neglect  to  make  such  nomination  or  submit  said  list  of  nomi- 
nees by  the  time  herein  required,  then  the  president  of  the  State 
Society  so  in  default  shall  virtute  officii  be  chosen  as  and  become 
the  representative  of  his  State  Society  upon  said  Board. 

Section  3.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  have  charge  of  and 
be  charged  with  the  care  and  custody  of  all  property  belonging  to 
the  National  Society,  and  to  that  end  shall  be  vested  with  the 
powers  conferred  by  section  3  of  the  Act  of  Incorporation  of  the 
National  Society:  Provided,  however,  that  it  shall  not  have  the 
power  to  sell,  convey,  or  in  any  wise  encumber  any  real  estate 
belonging  to  the  Society  without  the  assent  of  three-fourths  of 
the  members  of  said  Board.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  also 
have  authority  to  adopt  and  promulgate  the  By-Laws  of  the  Na- 
tional Society,  to  prescribe  the  duties  of  the  General  Officers,  to 
provide  the  seal,  to  designate  and  make  regulations  for  the  issue 
of  the  insignia,  and  to  transact  the  general  business  of  the  Na- 
tional Society  during  the  intervals  between  the  sessions  of  the 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  41 

Congress.  Meetings  of  the  General  Board  may  be  held  at  the 
call  of  the  President-General,  or,  in  case  of  his  absence  or  in- 
ability, at  the  call  of  the  Senior  Vice-President-General,  certified 
by  the  Secretary-General.  Meetings  shall  be  called  at  the  re- 
quest of  seven  members.  At  all  such  meetings  seven  shall  con- 
stitute a  quorum. 

Section  4.  An  Executive  Committee  of  seven,  consisting  of  the 
President-General  as  chairman  and  six  members,  to  be  nominated 
by  him  and  approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  shall,  in  the  in- 
terim between  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  transact  such  business 
as  may  be  delegated  to  it  by  a  Congress  of  the  Society  or  the 
Board  of  Trustees. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

DUES. 

Each  State  Society  shall  pay  annually  to  the  Treasurer-General, 
to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  National  Society,  fifty  cents  for  each 
active  member  thereof,  unless  intermitted  by  the  National  Con- 
gress. All  such  dues  shall  be  paid  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
April  in  each  year  for  the  ensuing  year,  in  order  to  secure  repre- 
sentation in  the  Congress  of  the  National  Society. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

MEETINGS   AND   ELECTIONS. 

Section  1.  The  annual  Congress  of  the  National  Society  for 
the  election  of  the  General  Officers  and  for  the  transaction  of 
business  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Monday  of  May  in  each  year. 
The  place  of  such  meeting  shall  be  designated  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees. 

Section  2.  Special  meetings  of  the  Congress  may  be  called 
by  the  President-General,  and  shall  be  called  by  him  when  di- 
rected so  to  do  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  or  whenever  requested 
in  writing  so  to  do  by  at  least  five  State  Societies,  on  giving  thirty 
days'  notice,  specifying  the  time  and  place  of  such  meeting  and 
the  business  to  be  transacted. 

Section  3.  The  following  shall  be  members  of  all  such  annual 
or  special  meetings  of  the  Congress,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  vote 
therein : 

(1)  All  the  officers  and  the  ex-Presidents-General  of  the  Na- 
tional Society. 

(2)  The  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  President 
and  Senior  Vice-President  of  each  State  Society. 

(3)  One  delegate  at  large  from  each  State  Society. 

(4)  One  delegate  for  every  one  hundred  members  of  the  So- 
ciety within  a  State  and  for  a  fraction  of  fifty  or  over. 


42  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

PERMANENT    FUND. 

Section  1.  There  shall  be  created  and  maintained  a  Perma- 
nent Fund  of  the  Society ;  the  income  or  interest  from  which  shall 
be  placed  in  the  general  treasury  of  the  Society,  and  available 
for  the  general  purposes  of  the  Society,  but  the  principal  of  which 
shall  be  maintained  intact,  and  shall  only  be  used  or  diminished 
upon  the  unanimous  recommendation  of  the  Executive  Committee 
approved  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  ratified  by  a  four-fifths 
vote  of  the  delegates  present  at  the  annual  or  special  Congress  to 
which  such  recommendation  of  the  Executive  Committee  shall 
be  reported. 

Section  2.  The  Permanent  Fund  shall  be  composed  of  all 
legacies  or  donations  to  the  Society,  where  no  other  application 
of  the  funds  is  designated  by  the  testator  or  donor,  all  commis- 
sions received  from  the  sale  of  badges,  rosettes  and  ribbon,  and 
such  sum  or  sums  as  may  from  time  to  time  by  the  Executive 
Committee  be  transferred  to  such  fund  from  the  general  funds 
of  the  Society. 

Section  3.  The  Permanent  Fund  shall  be  invested  in  securities 
authorized  to  be  held  by  Savings  Banks  in  Massachusetts,  Con- 
necticut or  New  York,  and  any  premium  paid  in  securing  such 
securities  shall  be  repaid  from  the  first  income  received. 

Section  4.  After  the  adjournment  of  the  Eighteenth  Annual 
Congress  of  this  Society,  State  Societies  shall  be  represented  at 
meetings  of  the  National  Society  only  by  members  of  their  own 
State  Society,  either  duly  elected  or  who  in  the  absence  of  regu- 
larly elected  delegates  may  be  chosen  by  the  regularly  elected 
attending  delegates  of  such  State  Society  from  the  members  of 
such  State  Society  who  may  be  present  at  any  meeting  of  the 
National  Society. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  at  any  meeting 
of  the  Congress  of  the  National  Society,  provided  that  sixty  days' 
notice  of  the  proposed  alterations  or  amendments,  which  shall 
first  have  been  recommended  by  a  State  Society,  or  by  a  prior 
Congress,  or  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  or  by  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  National  Society,  shall  be  sent  by  the  Secretary- 
General  to  the  President  of  each  State  Society. 

A  vote  of  two-thirds  of  those  present  shall  be  necessary  to  their 
adoption. 

ARTICLE  X. 

This  Constitution  shall  take  effect  upon  its  adoption. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  43 

BY-LAWS 

OF  THE 

NATIONAL  SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE 
AMERICAN  REVOLUTION. 

(Adopted  at  Denver  Congress,  June  3,  1907.) 
ARTICLE  I. 

ELECTION  OF  OFFICERS. 

All  nominations  of  General  Officers  shall  be  made  from  the 
floor,  and  the  election  shall  be  by  ballot.  A  majority  shall  elect. 
The  nominations  may  be  acted  upon  directly,  or  may  be  referred 
to  a  committee  to  examine  and  report. 

ARTICLE  II. 

OFFICERS. 

The  duties  of  the  General  Officers  shall  be  such  as  usually  ap- 
pertain to  their  offices,  and  they  shall  have  such  other  duties  as 
are  hereinafter  imposed  or  shall  be  delegated  to  them  by  an  an- 
nual Congress  or  by  the  Board  of  Trustees.  They  shall  report 
at  the  annual  meeting  and  at  such  other  times  as  they  may  be  re- 
quired to  do  so  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

ARTICLE  III. 

PRESIDENT-GENERAL. 

Section  1.  The  President-General,  in  addition  to  his  general 
duties,  shall  be  ex-officio  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and 
of  the  Executive  Committee  and  a  member  of  every  other  com- 
mittee. 

Section  2.  At  each  annual  meeting  he  shall  appoint  the  fol- 
lowing Standing  Committees : 

Committee  on  Auditing  and  Finance. 

Committee  on  Credentials. 

Memorial  Committee. 

Committee  on  Organization. 

Committee  on  Education. 

The  duties  of  the  above  committees  shall  be  such  as  usually 
pertain  to  committees  of  like  character,  and  such  as  may  be  de- 
fined by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS-GENERAL. 

Section  1.  In  the  absence  of  the  President-General,  the  Senior 
Vice-President-General  present  shall  preside  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing. 

Section  2.  In  the  prolonged  absence  or  inability  to  act  of  the 
President-General,  the  executive  authority  shall  be  vested  in  the 
Vice-Presidents-General  in  order  of  precedence. 


44  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

ARTICLE  V. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL. 

The  Secretary-General,  in  addition  to  his  general  duties,  shall 
have  charge  of  the  seal,  give  due  notice  of  all  meetings  of  the 
National  Society  or  Board  of  Trustees.  He  shall  give  due  notice 
to  all  general  officers  and  State  Societies  of  all  votes,  orders,  and 
proceedings  affecting  or  appertaining  to  their  duties.  He  shall 
distribute  all  pamphlets,  circulars,  rosettes  and  supplies,  as  di- 
rected by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

TREASURER-GENERAL. 

Section  1.  The  Treasurer-General  shall  collect  and  receive 
the  funds  and  securities  of  the  National  Society.  He  shall  de- 
posit the  same  to  the  credit  of  the  "  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,"  and  shall  draw  them  thence  for  the  use 
of  the  National  Society  as  directed  by  it  or  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  upon  the  order  of  the  President-General  countersigned 
by  the  Secretary-General.  His  accounts  shall  be  audited  by  a 
committee  to  be  appointed  at  the  annual  meeting. 

Section  2.  He  shall  give  bond  for  the  safe  custody  and  appli- 
cation of  the  funds,  the  cost  of  such  bond  to  be  borne  by  the 
National  Society. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

REGISTRAR-GENERAL. 

The  Registrar-General  shall  keep  a  register  of  the  names  and 
dates  of  the  election,  resignation  or  death  of  all  members  of  the 
several  State  Societies,  and  shall  have  the  care  and  custody  of 
all  duplicate  applications  for  membership.  He  shall  issue  upon 
the  requisition  of  the  Secretary  or  Registrar  of  the  several  State 
Societies  certificates  of  membership  and  insignia  to  every  mem- 
ber entitled  thereto,  through  such  Secretary  or  Registrar. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

HISTORIAN-GENERAL. 

The  Historian-General  shall  have  the  custody  of  all  the  histor- 
ical and  biographical  collections  of  which  the  National  Society 
may  become  possessed  and  shall  catalogue  and  arrange  the  same, 
and  shall  place  the  same  in  a  fireproof  depository  for  preservation. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

CHAPLAIN-GENERAL. 

The  Chaplain-General  shall  be  a  regularly  ordained  minister, 
and  shall  open  and  close  all  general  meetings  of  the  National 
Society  with  the  services  usual  and  proper  on  such  occasions. 


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ARTICLE  X. 

STATE  SOCIETIES. 

Every  State  Society  shall — 

(1)  Notify  the  Secretary-General  of  the  election  and  appoint- 
ment of  all  officers,  nominees   for  the  Board  of  Trustees  and 
delegates. 

(2)  Pay  to  the  Treasurer-General  on  the  first  day  of  March, 
or  within  thirty  days  thereafter,  the  sum  of  fifty  cents  for  each 
active  member  thereof. 

(3)  Transmit  to  the  Registrar-General  duplicate  applications 
of  all  accepted  members,  and  notify  him  of  the  resignation  or 
death  of  all  members  thereof. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

BOARD   OF   TRUSTEES. 

Section  1.  The  Board  of  Trustees  shall  prepare  and  carry  out 
plans  for  promoting  the  objects  and  growth  of  the  Society;  shall 
superintend  its  interests,  and  shall  execute  such  other  duties  as 
shall  be  committed  to  it  at  any  meeting  of  the  National  Society. 
It  shall  have  charge  of  the  printing  of  the  diploma  and  the  manu- 
facturing of  the  Insignia,  and  shall  determine  the  price  at  which 
the  same  shall  be  issued. 

Section  2.  It  shall  have  the  authority  to  admit  or  reorganize 
as  a  State  Society  any  association  of  fifteen  or  more  persons  duly 
qualified  for  membership  in  the  Society. 

Section  3.  It  shall  have  power  to  fill  any  vacancy  occurring 
among  the  General  Officers,  and  an  officer  so  elected  shall  act 
until  the  following  annual  election  and  until  his  successor  shall 
be  elected. 

Section  4.  It  shall  have  authority  to  make,  alter,  and  amend 
the  By-Laws  as  hereinafter  provided. 

Section  5.  The  President-General  may  call  meetings  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees  at  any  time  he  may  deem  necessary,  and  shall 
call  such  meetings  upon  the  written  request  of  any  five  members 
thereof;  provided,  that  of  any  meeting  other  than  such  as  may 
be  called  during  the  session  or  immediately  upon  the  adjourn- 
ment of  an  annual  or  special  Congress  of  the  National  Society, 
not  less  than  five  days'  notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  such 
meeting  shall  be  given. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

EXECUTIVE    COMMITTEE. 

A  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  may  be  called  at  any 
time  by  the  President-General,  and  such  meeting  shall  be  called 
upon  the  written  request  of  three  members  thereof.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  the  Executive  Committee  to  exercise  the  powers  and 


46  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

perform  the  duties  committed  to  it  by  any  annual  or  special  Con- 
gress or  by  the  Board  of  Trustees ;  to  control  and  supervise  all 
arrangements  for  the  holding  of  the  annual  or  any  special  Con- 
gress, and  the  social  and  other  functions  connected  therewith; 
it  shall  upon  the  request  of  the  proper  committee  of  the  National 
Society  or  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  assist  in  the  organization  of 
new  State  Societies,  and  increasing  the  membership  of  weak 
State  Societies,  and  for  these  purposes  may  incur  its  necessary 
expenses,  limited  to  such  amounts  as  may  be  in  the  treasury  un- 
appropriated, and  not  required  for  the  current  expenses  of  the 
National  Society  during  the  year. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

SEAL. 

The  Seal  of  the  Society  shall  be  two  and  three-eighths  of  an 
inch  in  diameter,  charged  with  the  figure  of  a  minute  man  grasp- 
ing a  musket  in  his  right  hand,  and  surrounded  by  a  constellation 
of  thirteen  stars,  who  shall  be  depicted  in  the  habit  of  a  husband- 
man of  the  period  of  the  American  Revolution,  and  as  in  the  act 
of  deserting  the  plow  for  the  service  of  his  country;  the  whole 
encircled  by  a  band  three-eighths  of  an  inch  wide,  within  which 
shall  appear  the  legend  "  National  Society  of  the  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution,  organized  April  30,  1889." 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

CERTIFICATES. 

All  members  of  this  Society,  wherever  admitted,  shall  be  en- 
titled to  a  certificate  of  membership  duly  attested  by  the  President- 
General,  Secretary-General,  and  Registrar-General,  countersigned 
by  the  President,  Secretary  and  Registrar  of  the  State  Society  to 
which  such  member  shall  have  been  admitted. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

INSIGNIA. 

The  Insignia  of  the  Society  shall  comprise  (1)  a  cross  sur- 
mounted by  an  eagle  in  gold;  (2)  a  rosette. 

Section  1.  The  cross  shall  be  of  silver,  with  four  arms,  cov- 
ered with  white  enamel  and  eight  gold  points  same  size  as  a 
Chevalier's  Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  of  France,  with  a  gold 
medallion  in  the  center,  bearing  on  the  obverse  a  bust  of  Wash- 
ington in  profile  and  on  the  reverse  the  figure  of  a  minute  man 
surrounded  by  a  ribbon  enameled  blue,  with  the  motto :  "Libertas 
et  Patria"  on  the  obverse,  and  the  legend,  "Sons  of  the  American 
Revolution,"  on  the  reverse,  both  in  letters  of  gold.  The  cross 
shall  be  surmounted  by  an  eagle  in  gold,  and  the  whole  decora- 
tion suspended  from  a  ring  of  gold  by  a  ribbon  of  deep  blue  with 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  47 

white  and  buff  edges,  and  may  be  worn  by  any  member  of  the 
Society  on  ceremonial  occasions  only,  and  shall  be  carried  on  the 
left  breast,  or  at  the  collar  if  an  officer  or  Past  President-General 
of  the  National  Society  or  the  President,  active  or  past,  of  a  State 
Society. 

Section  2.  The  rosette  shall  be  seven-sixteenths  of  an  inch  in 
diameter,  of  usual  pattern,  displaying  the  colors  of  the  Society, 
blue,  white  and  buff,  and  may  be  worn  by  all  members  at  discre- 
tion in  the  upper  left-hand  buttonhole  of  the  coat. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

INDEBTEDNESS. 

No  debts  shall  be  contracted  on  behalf  of  the  National  Society. 
Every  obligation  for  the  payment  of  money,  except  checks  drawn 
against  deposits,  executed  in  the  name  of  or  on  behalf  of  the  Na- 
tional Society,  shall  be  null  and  void. 

ARTICLE  XVII. 

ORDER  OF   BUSINESS   OF  THE   ANNUAL   CONGRESS. 

1.  Calling  the  Congress  to  order  by  the  President-General. 

2.  Opening  Prayer  by  the  Chaplain-General. 

3.  Appointment  of  a  Committee  on  Credentials. 

4.  Remarks  by  the  President-General  on  condition  and  needs 

of  the  Society. 

5.  Report  of  Committee  on  Credentials. 

6.  Reading  of  Minutes  of  the  last  Congress. 

7.  Report  of  Board  of  Trustees. 

8.  Reports  of  General  Officers. 

9.  Reports  of  Standing  Committees. 

10.  Reports  of  Special  Committees. 

11.  Reports  of  State  Societies. 

12.  Old  and  unfinished  business. 

13.  New  business,  including  election  of  Officers  and  Trustees. 

14.  Adjournment. 

15.  Provided,  that  for  a  special  purpose  the  Congress  may,  by  a 

vote  of  two-thirds  of  those  present  and  voting,  suspend 
the  above  order  of  business. 

ARTICLE  XVIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  by  a  vote  of  three- 
fourths  of  the  members  present  at  any  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees,  notice  thereof  having  been  given  at  a  previous  meeting. 


HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY— SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN 
REVOLUTION. 

OFFICERS— 1911-12. 

CHARLES  HENRY  DICKEY,  President 

ROBERT  JAMES  PRATT,  Vice-President 

PERLEY  LEONARD  HORNE,  Secretary 

FREDERICK  D WIGHT  LOWREY,  Treasurer 

HOWARD  CHARLES  MOHR,  Registrar 

FRANCIS  BLAKELEY  MCSTOCKER,  Member  Board  of  Directors 

CHARLES  HENRY  ATHERTON,  Member  Board  of  Directors 

AMOS  FRANCIS  COOKE,  Member  Board  of  Directors 


CONSTITUTION  AND  BY-LAWS 

OF  THE 

HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY  OF  THE  SONS  OF  THE 
AMERICAN  REVOLUTION. 

Adopted  June  17,  1895,  with  amendments. 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  name  of  this  Society  shall  be  "  The  Hawaiian  Society  of 
the  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution." 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  objects  of  this  Society  are  to  perpetuate  the  memory  and 
spirit  of  the  men  who  achieved  American  Independence,  by  en- 
couragement of  historical  research  in  relation  to  the  Revolution; 
the  preservation  of  documents  and  relics,  and  of  the  records  of 
the  individual  services  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  and  patriots,  and 
the  promotion  of  celebrations  of  patriotic  anniversaries ;  to  diffuse 
among  the  young  a  knowledge  of  the  great  events  of  American 
history ;  to  foster  true  patriotism  and  love  of  country,  and  to  pro- 
mote social  intercourse  and  good  feeling  among  its  members. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Any  man  shall  be  eligible  to  membership  in  this  Society  who, 
being  of  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  or  over,  and  a  citizen  of 
good  repute  in  the  community,  is  the  lineal  descendant  of  an  an- 
cestor who  was  at  all  times  unfailing  in  his  loyalty  to  and  ren- 
dered actual  service  in  the  cause  of  American  Independence, 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  49 

either  as  an  officer,  soldier,  seaman,  marine,  militiaman  or  minute 
man,  in  the  armed  forces  of  the  Continental  Congress  or  any  one 
of  the  several  Colonies  or  States  or  as  a  signer  of  the  Declaration 
of  Independence ;  or  as  a  member  of  a  Committee  of  Safety  or 
Correspondence,  or  as  a  member  of  any  Continental,  Provincial, 
or  Colonial  Congress  or  Legislature ;  or  as  a  civil  officer  either 
of  one  of  the  Colonies  or  States  or  of  the  national  government; 
or  as  a  recognized  patriot  who  performed  actual  service  by  overt 
acts  of  resistance  to  the  authority  of  Great  Britain. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  officers  of  this  Society  shall  be  a  President,  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Secretary,  Treasurer  and  a  Registrar;  the  office  of  Regis- 
trar and  Treasurer  can  be  held  by  the  same  person. 

ARTICLE  V. 

A  meeting  for  the  election  of  officers  and  the  transaction  of 
business  shall  be  held  annually  in  the  city  of  Honolulu  on  the 
17th  day  of  June  (the  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill) 
and  meetings  for  business  and  social  purposes  shall  be  held  at 
such  time  and  places  as  the  Board  of  Managers  may  determine. 
If  the  annual  meeting  shall  fall  on  Sunday,  it  shall  be  held  the 
following  day. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

There  shall  be  a  Board  of  Managers  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to 
conduct  the  affairs  of  this  Society,  which  Board  shall  consist  of 
the  officers  of  this  Society  and  three  other  members,  who  shall 
be  elected  at  the  annual  meeting.  The  Board  of  Managers  shall 
have  power  to  fill  vacancies,  which  appointment  shall  hold  good 
until  the  next  annual  meeting. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

This  Constitution  may  be  amended,  altered  or  repealed  at  any 
annual  meeting  of  the  Society  by  a  vote  of  three-fourths  of  the 
members  present. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

A  quorum  of  the  Society  for  the  transaction  of  business  shall 
consist  of  ten  members;  of  the  Managers  five  members;  but  a 
less  number  may  adjourn. 


50  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

BY-LAWS. 
Adopted  June  17,  1895. 

Section  I.  All  applications  for  membership  must  be  made  in 
duplicate  on  blanks  furnished  by  the  Society,  and  be  sworn  to 
by  the  applicant. 

Section  II.  All  applications  for  membership  shall  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Board  of  Managers  for  examination,  and  when  ap- 
proved by  said  Board  shall  be  placed  with  the  Registrar  for 
preservation,  and  upon  approval  by  the  Registrar-General  of  the 
National  Society  and  payment  of  membership  fee  the  applicant 
shall  become  a  member  of  the  Society. 

Section  III.  The  membership  fee  shall  be  two  and  a  half 
dollars  ($2.50),  including  certificate  and  a  yearly  fee  of  two 
dollars  ($2.00).  The  payment  by  a  member  at  any  time  of 
twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  shall  constitute  the  person  on  paying 
such  sum  a  Life  Member,  and  he  shall  thereafter  be  exempt  from 
the  payment  of  yearly  dues. 

Annual  dues  shall  be  payable  to  the  Treasurer  on  or  before  the 
17th  of  June  each  year.  The  failure  to  pay  dues  for  two  years 
shall  be  regarded  at  the  option  of  the  Board  of  Managers  as 
terminating  the  membership  of  such  person. 

Section  IV.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  the  records  of  the 
Society,  notify  members  of  meetings  and  perform  the  usual 
duties  of  a  secretary. 

Section  V.  The  Treasurer  shall  collect  all  dues,  keep  the  funds 
of  the  Society,  and  shall  pay  out  nothing  except  upon  the  order 
of  the  President. 

Section  VI.  The  Registrar  shall  keep  all  applications  and 
make  a  record  of  the  same,  and  have  the  custody  of  all  books, 
papers  and  relics  of  which  the  Society  may  be  possessed. 

Section  VII.  These  By-Laws  may  be  altered  or  amended  at 
the  annual  meeting  or  at  a  special  meeting,  provided  notice  of 
the  same  shall  be  given  upon  the  call  for  the  meeting. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  51 

PAST  OFFICEKS  OF  THE  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY. 

1895 — President,  Peter  Cushman  Jones;  Viee-President,  Albert  Francis 
Judd;  Secretary,  John  Effinger;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes; 
Eegistrar,  William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Eev. 
Douglas  Putnam  Birnie,  John  Walter  Jones,  Henry  Weld  Severance. 

1896 — President,  Peter  Cushman  Jones;  Vice-President,  Albert  Francis 
Judd;  Secretary,  John  Effinger;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes; 
Eegistrar,  William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Eev. 
Douglas  Putnam  Birnie,  John  Walter  Jones,  W.  F.  Allen. 

1897 — President,  Peter  Cushman  Jones;  Vice-President,  Lorrin  A.  Thurs- 
ton;  Secretary,  W.  O.  Atwater;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes; 
Eegistrar,  William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Francis 
B.  McStocker,  William  W.  Hall,  John  Walter  Jones. 

1898 — President,  Albert  Francis  Judd;  Vice-President,  William  F.  Allen; 
Secretary,  W.  O.  Atwater;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes;  Eegistrar, 
William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Peter  Cushman 
Jones,  William  E.  Castle,  Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey. 

1899 — President,  William  F.  Allen;  Vice-President,  William  E.  Castle; 
Secretary,  William  O.  Atwater;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes; 
Eegistrar,  William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Peter 
Cushman  Jones,  Albert  Francis  Judd,  Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey. 

1900 — President,  William  F.  Allen;  Vice-President,  WTilliam  E.  Castle;  Sec- 
retary, William  O.  Atwater;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes;  Eegistrar, 
William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Peter  Cushman 
Jones,  Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey,  William  C.  Parke. 

1901 — President,  William  E.  Castle;  Vice-President,  Frank  S.  Dodge;  Sec- 
retary, William  O.  Atwater;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes;  Eegis- 
trar, William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Albert 
Francis  Judd,  William  C.  Parke,  Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey. 

1902 — President,  Frank  S.  Dodge;  Vice-President,  Frederick  Jewett  Low- 
rey; Secretary,  William  O.  Atwater;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes; 
Eegistrar,  William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Charles 
M.  Cooke,  William  C.  Parke,  Albert  Francis  Judd. 

1903 — President,  Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey;  Vice-President,  George  E.  Car- 
ter; Secretary,  Sidney  M.  Ballou;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes; 
Eegistrar,  William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Frank 
S.  Dodge,  Lyle  A.  Dickey,  William  O.  Atwater. 

1904-5 — President,  Charles  M.  Cooke;  Vice-President,  John  Effinger;  Sec- 
retary, William  C.  Parke;  Treasurer,  William  J.  Forbes;  Eegistrar 
William  DeWitt  Alexander;  Board  of  Managers,  Lorrin  A.  Thurston, 
Jared  G.  Smith,  Lyle  A.  Dickey. 

1906 — President,  John  Effinger;  Vice-President,  Lorrin  A.  Thurston;  Sec- 
retary, Lyle  A.  Dickey;  Treasurer,  Charles  Hustace,  Jr.;  Eegistrar, 
Sidney  M.  Ballou;  Board  of  Managers,  Gerrit  P.  Wilder,  Jared  G. 
Smith,  Wallace  E.  Farrington. 

1907 — President,  John  Effinger;  Vice-President,  Lorrin  A.  Thurston;  Sec- 
retary, Lyle  A.  Dickey;  Treasurer,  George  P.  Cooke;  Eegistrar,  Sid- 
ney M.  Ballou;  Board  of  Managers,  Wallace  E.  Farrington,  Jared 
G.  Smith,  Gerrit  P.  Wilder. 

1908 — President,  George  E.  Carter;  Vice-President,  Dr.  Charles  Bryant 
Cooper;  Secretary,  Lyle  A.  Dickey;  Treasurer,  Eobert  James  Pratt; 
Eegistrar,  Sidney  M.  Ballou;  Board  of  Managers,  Charles  Henry 
Atherton,  Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey,  Gerrit  Parmele  Wilder. 

1909 — President,  George  E.  Carter;  Vice-President,  Dr.  Charles  Bryant 
Cooper;  Secretary,  Lyle  A.  Dickey;  Treasurer,  Eobert  James  Pratt; 
Eegistrar,  Sidney  M.  Ballou;  Board  of  Managers,  Charles  Henry 
Atherton,  Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey,  Gerrit  Parmele  Wilder. 

1910-11 — President,  Dr.  Charles  Bryant  Cooper;  Vice-President,  Charles 
H.  Dickey;  Secretary,  Perley  L.  Home;  Treasurer,  Frederick  D. 
Lowrey;  Eegistrar,  John  Effinger;  Board  of  Managers,  A.  Francis 
Cooke,  George  P.  Castle,  Howard  C.  Mohr. 


52  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

RECORDS  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY. 

National  No.  Territorial  No. 

4641  1 

WILLIAM  DeWITT  ALEXANDER,  Historian;  born  in  Honolulu,  April  2, 
1833;  admitted  June,  1895. 

William  Patterson   Alexander=Mary   Ann  McKinney. 
Mordecai  McKinney=Mary  Chambers. 
Col.    William   Chamber s=Eleanor   Talbot. 
Also: 

Mordeeai     McKinney=Mary   Chambers. 
Mordecai  McKinney= Agnes  Bodine. 
Also: 

William  Patterson   Alexander=Mary   Ann   McKinney. 
James  Alexander=Mary   (Rose)   Depew. 
Alexander  Eose= 

Col.  William  Chambers  was  born  in  Carlisle,  Pa.,  in  1744.  He  is  men- 
tioned in  the  minutes  of  the  Council  of  Safety,  as  Captain  in  the  First 
Regiment  of  Cumberland  Co.,  Pa.,  in  1777,  under  Col.  Ephraim  Elaine, 
great-grandfather  of  Hon.  James  G.  Elaine,  and  later  as  Colonel  in  com- 
mand of  the  Third  Battalion  Pennsylvania  Associators  and  Militiamen 
July  31,  1777,  May  14,  1778,  and  April  23,  1779.  He  fought  in  the 
battle  of  Brandywine  and  in  the  battles  of  Trenton  and  Princeton.  He 
died  in  Carlisle,  Pa.,  October  5,  1809.  Mordecai  McKinney,  born  in 
Middlesex  Co.,  N.  J.,  in  1727;  was  lieutenant  under  Col.  Plunkett  in 
Associators  of  Northumberland  Co.,  Pa.,  and  a  delegate  July  4,  1776,  to 
the  convention  in  Lancaster,  Pa.,  of  the  Associators  Battalions  of  Penn- 
sylvania. He  served  as  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  of  North- 
umberland Co.,  Pa.,  for  six  months,  from  August  13,  1776.  In  1778  he 
was  appointed  Justice  of  the  Peace  for  Northumberland  Co.,  Pa.  He 
died  April  4,  1782,  in  Northumberland  Co.,  Pa.  Alexander  fiose  was  first 
lieutenant  of  the  Sixth  Virginia  Regiment,  March  4,  1776,  and  was  made 
captain  in  the  Seventeenth  Virginia  Regiment,  September,  1776. 

4652  2 

WILLIAM  DOUGLAS  ALEXANDER,  born  in  Honolulu,  May  26,  1862; 
admitted  June,  1895. 

William   DeWitt   Alexander=Abigail   Charlotte   Baldwin. 
Dwight   Baldwin=Charlotte  Fowler. 
Solomon  Fowler=ulive  Douglas. 
Col  William  Douglas=Kann&h  Mansfield. 

Col.  William  Douglas  was  born  in  Plainfield,  Conn.,  January  27,  1742. 
He  served  under  Capt.  Israel  Putnam  in  the  French  and  Indian  War, 
and  took  an  active  part  in  the  taking  of  Quebec  in  1759.  In  1775  he 
commanded  a  company  of  New  Haven  men  in  the  expedition  against 
Montreal  under  Gen.  Montgomery.  He  took  command  of  the  flotilla  on 
Lake  Champlain,  and  rendered  important  service  in  the  siege  and  capture 
of  St.  Johns  at  the  head  of  the  lake.  In  the  spring  of  1776  he  raised  a 
regiment,  of  which  he  was  commissioned  colonel,  and  joined  the  army 
under  Gen.  Washington  at  New  York.  He  took  part  in  the  disastrous 
campaign  of  Long  Island,  and  served  in  the  engagements  at  Harlem 
Heights,  White  Plains,  Philip  Manor,  Croton  River,  and  New  York, 
where  his  horse  was  shot  under  him  and  his  clothes  were  perforated  with 
bullets.  Having  lost  his  health  from  exposure  in  this  campaign,  he  was 
obliged  to  return  to  his  family  in  Northford,  Conn.,  where  he  died  May 
28,  1777. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  53 

Also: 

Dwight  Baldwin=Charlotte  Fowler. 
Solomon  Fowler=Olive  Douglas. 
Capt.  Josiah  Fowler=Rut}i  Hall. 

Capt.  Josiah  Fowler  was  born  May  31,  1724,  in  Durham,  Conn.  He 
served  as  corporal  under  Col.  Wm.  Douglas  in  the  expedition  to  Canada. 
He  was  afterward  commissioned  as  captain,  and  joined  with  Major 
Meigs  in  an  expedition  to  Long  Island,  where  they  captured  ninety  of 
the  enemy.  He  died  in  Northford,  Conn.,  May  17,  1802. 

Also: 

Dwight  Baldwin=Charlotte  Fowler. 

Seth  Baldwin^Bhoda  Hull. 

Abial  Baldwin=M.ehitSible  Johnson. 

Abial  Baldwin  was  a  private  in  Capt.  James  Bobinson's  company  in 

Col.  Thaddeus  Cook's  regiment  of  militia  when  called  for  the  relief  of 

New  Haven  and  Fairfield,   Conn.,   July,   1779,  in  Tryon's  invasion. 
Also  descendant  of  Col.  William  Chambers,  Mordecai  McKinney,  and 

Alexander  Rose.     (See  record  of  William  DeWitt  Alexander.) 
14626  76 

FEEDEEICK   J.   AMWEG  was   born   in   Harrisburg,   Pa.,   May   9,   1856; 

admitted  1902. 

John  M.  Amweg=Margaret  H.  Fenn. 

Frederick  J.   Fenn— Emeline   Haskins. 

James  Fenn=Lois  Sedgwick. 

Theophilus  Fenn. 

Theophilus  Fenn  was  born  in  Wallingford,  Conn.,  in  1747.     He  served 

as  orderly  sergeant  under  Gen.  Wolfe  in  the  Canadian  campaign  and  at 

the  storming  and  capture  of  Quebec  in  1765  was  taken  prisoner  by  the 

French,  but  made  his  escape  from  Crown  Point.     At  the  outbreak  of  the 

Bevolutionary  War  he  raised  a  company  and  marched  to  the  front  at  the 

first  sound  of  arms.     He  reached  Concord  just  too  late  to  participate  in 

the  engagement,  but   fought  bravely  at   Bunker  Hill,  where  he  was  so 

severely  wounded  as  to  be  disabled  for  further  service.    He  was  a  farmer, 

and  for  thirty  years  represented  the  town  of  Canaan  in  the  Connecticut 

Assembly. 

4653  3 

CHAELES   HENEY  ATHEBTON,  treasurer  Castle  &  Cooke,  Ltd.;   born 

in  Honolulu,  July  12,  1867;  admitted  June,  1895. 

Joseph  Ballard  Atherton=Juliette  Montague  Cooke. 

Amos   Starr  Cooke=Juliette  Montague. 

Joseph  Platt  Cooke=Annis  Starr. 

Col.  Joseph  Platt  Coofce— Sarah  Benedict. 

Also: 

Amos  Starr  Cooke=Juliette  Montague. 

Caleb  Montague=Martha   Warner. 

John  Montague^ Abigail  Hubbard. 

Capt.  Caleb  Montague=Eunice  Boot. 

Also: 

Amos  Starr  Cooke=Juliette  Montague. 

Joseph  Platt  Cooke=:Annie  Starr. 

Capt.   Thomas  Starr= 

Also: 

John   Montague=Abigail   Hubbard. 
Israel  Hubbard. 


54  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Col.  Joseph  Platt  CooTce  was  born  at  Stratford,  Conn.,  January  4,  1730, 
and  died  at  Danbury,  Conn.,  February  3,  1816.  He  held  a  commission  as 
Colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  and  commanded  the  Militia  at  Dan- 
bury  when  it  was  attacked  by  the  British  troops  under  Gen.  Tryon,  April 
26,  1777.  He  is  said  by  S.  C.  Goodrich  to  have  "enjoyed  the  friendship 
and  confidence  of  Washington,  and  the  acquaintance  of  Lafayette,  Roch- 
ambeau  and  Count  De  Grasse,  whom  he  entertained  at  his  house. ' '  He 
represented  Danbury  in  the  Connecticut  Legislature  in  1776,  1778,  and 
1780-1784,  being  a  decided  Federalist  in  his  opinions.  The  epitaph  on 
his  tombstone  at  Danbury  states  that  he  was  "Educated  at  Yale,  grad- 
uated 1750.  In  the  progress  of  a  long  life,  he  filled  many  public  offices, 
with  usefulness  to  the  public  and  reputation  to  himself. ' '  Capt.  Caleb 
Montague  was  born  at  Sunderland,  Mass.,  July  27,  1731,  and  died  No- 
vember 9,  1782.  His  commission  as  Captain  in  the  Continental  Army, 
dated  at  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  May  10,  1776,  and  signed  by  the  "major 
part  of  the  Council, ' '  is  still  extant.  He  served  in  the  army  during  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  it  is  said  that  his  comparatively  early  death  was 
caused  by  exposure  in  said  service.  Capt.  Thomas  Starr  was  born  at 
Danbury,  Conn.,  in  1720,  and  died  in  1808.  He  took  part  in  the  defence 
of  Danbury,  April  26,  1777,  against  the  British  troops  under  Gen  Tryon, 
who  burned  the  town.  On  June  1,  1777,  he  was  commissioned  Ensign  in 
the  Seventh  Regiment,  Connecticut  line.  He  was  promoted  to  be  Second 
Lieutenant  January  25,  1778,  and  First  Lieutenant  March  12,  1780. 
He  went  into  service  at  Peekskill,  N.  Y.,  in  the  spring  of  1777,  and  in 
September  joined  Gen.  Washington's  army  in  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
in  the  battle  of  Gennantown,  October  4,  1777,  and  was  in  camp  at  Valley 
Forge  during  the  winter  of  1777-1778.  He  fought  in  the  battle  of  Mon- 
mouth,  June  28,  1778;  encamped  that  summer  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y., 
and  wintered  1778-1779  at  Redding,  Conn.  In  the  summer  of  1779  he 
served  on  the  east  side  of  the  Hudson;  wintered  at  Morristown,  N.  J., 
1779-1780;  and  the  next  summer  served  on  the  Hudson,  and  wintered  at 
Camp  Connecticut  Village.  In  the  formation  of  1781-1783,  he  was  First 
Lieutenant  in  Capt.  Chamberlain's  company,  and  served  till  the  end  of 
the  war.  He  was  a  member  of  the  order  of  the  Cincinnati,  and  after- 
ward received  a  pension.  Israel  Hubbard,  born  1725,  died  1817.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  First  Massachusetts  Provincial  Congress  at  Salem, 
October  7,  1774,  and  of  the  Congress  at  Watertown,  May  31,  1775,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  General  Court  in  1776,  1777,  1780,  1782  and  1783. 

9393  68 

FRANK    COOKE    ATHERTON,    Honolulu;    born    in    Honolulu,    July    1, 

1877;  admitted  1898. 

Joseph  Ballard  Atherton=Juliette  Montague  Cooke. 

Descended  from  Col.  Joseph  Platt  Cooke,  Capt.  Caleb  Montague,  Capt. 

Thomas    Starr,    and    Israel    Hubbard.      (See    record    of    Charles    Henry 

Atherton. 

14632  82 

CHARLES  JONATHAN  AUSTIN,  horticulturist,  Waialua,  Oahu;  born  in 

Hilo,  Hawaii,  November  2,  1865;  admitted  July,  1906. 

Stafford  L.  Austin=Caroline  H.  Clark. 

Ephraim   Wesson    Clark=Mary   Kittredge. 

Edward   G'Zarfc=Elizabeth   Wesson. 

Ephraim   JFessow=Sarah   Proctor. 

Also: 

Ephraim  Wesson  Clark=Mary  Kittredge. 

Josiah  Kittredge=Mary  Baker. 

Solomon  Kittredge. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  55 

Edward  Clark  was  born  in  Vermont,  November  9,  1759,  and  died  in 
Caledonia  Co.,  Vt.,  in  1840.  He  served  through  the  Kevolutionary  War 
as  a  private  soldier  in  Capt.  Port's  company,  Col.  Hubbard's  regiment; 
also  in  Capt.  Thomas  Pry's  company,  under  Col.  Moses  Hazen,  and  in 
the  so-called  Congress  Eegiment.  He  was  wounded  at  the  siege  of  York- 
town  by  a  stray  shell,  and  carried  from  the  field.  In  course  of  time  he 
recovered,  and  lived  to  be  eighty  years  old.  Solomon  Kittredge  was  a 
private  in  the  New  Hampshire  Militia.  Ephraim  Wesson  was  a  member 
of  the  Committee  of  Safety  and  of  the  New  Hampshire  Provincial 
Congress. 

18937  112 

JOSEPHUS  CARLYLE  AXTELL,  Honolulu;  born  in  Detroit,  Mich,  De- 
cember 26,  1850. 

Jonathan   Reeve   Axtell=Mary   Smith. 
Silas  Axtelk=Elizabeth  Loree. 
Henry  Axtell=Phebe  Condict. 

Henry  Axtell  held  the  rank  of  major  in  an  organization  of  minute 
men  and  was  also  major  in  the  New  Jersey  State  troops.  He  was  born 
in  Plymouth  Co.,  Mass.,  March  16,  1738,  and  died  in  Mendham,  N.  J., 
in  1818. 

18940  115 

RAYMOND  CARLYLE  AXTELL,  Honolulu;  born  in  Bozeman,  Montana, 
July  11,  1881. 

Josephus  Carlyle  Axtell=Vina  Carlyle. 

Descendant   of  Major  Henry  Axtell.     (See  record  of  Josephus  Carlyle 
Axtell,  supra.) 

14641  91 

ERDMANN  DWIGHT  BALDWIN,  civil  engineer  and  surveyor,  Honolulu; 

born  in  Lahaina,  Maui,  December  9,  1859. 

David  Dwight  Baldwin=Lois  G.  Morris. 

Rev.  Dwight  Baldwin=Charlotte  Fowler. 

Descendant   of  Abial  Baldwin,  Josiah  Fowler,  and   William  Douglas. 

(See  record  of  William  Douglas  Alexander.) 

4685  35 

SIDNEY  MILLER  BALLOU,  lawyer,  Washington,  D.  C.;  born  in  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  October  24,  1870;   admitted  February,  1896. 

Oren  Aldrich  Ballou^Charlotte  Hitchcock  Miller. 

Edward  F.  Miller=Louisa  Hitchcock. 

Luke  Hitchcoeki=:Charlotte  Jencks. 

Eleazar  Jencks.=Si\ence  Shaw. 

Eleazar  Jencks  served  as  captain  of  Rhode  Island  troops  in  Col.  John 

Matthewson's  regiment,  August,  1778.     He  was  major  in  First  Regiment 

of  Providence  Co.,  R.  I.,  in  1779,  and  lieutenant-colonel  in  1780. 
18939  114 

BERNHARD  RUDOLF  BANNING,  2434  Hillside  avenue,  Oakland,  Cal.; 

born  in  Honolulu,   Hawaii,  January  10,   1868;   admitted  October,   1907. 

Frederick   BanningrzrClarissa   Armstrong. 

Rev.  Richard  Armstrong=Clarissa  Chapman. 

Samuel  Chapman;=Hannah  Ferguson. 

Eev.  Benjamin  Chapman=Abig8iil  Riggs. 

Also: 

Samuel    Chapman=Hannah    Ferguson. 

John  Ferguson=Dorotliy   Hamilton. 

John  Hamilton==S8iTaih  


56  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Benjamin  Chapman  of  Connecticut  was  a  patriot  and  a  preacher;  his 
sons  served  as  soldiers,  and  the  eldest  died  of  camp  fever.  John  Fer- 
guson, born  1740,  at  Blandford,  Mass.,  died  in  1792,  at  Blandford;  was 
captain  of  a  company  of  minute  men  in  Col.  Timothy  Danielson's  regi- 
ment at  the  Lexington  Alarm.  He  was  also  captain  in  Col.  Samuel 
Brewer's  regiment  sent  to  reinforce  the  Continental  Army  at  Tieon- 
deroga  in  1777.  John  Hamilton  was  captain  in  1776  in  Col.  John  Mosley  's 
Third  Hampshire  County  Eegiment,  Massachusetts  Militia  in  a  detach- 
ment sent  under  Lieut.-Col.  Timothy  Eobinson  to  reinforce  the  Conti- 
nental Army  at  Ticonderoga. 

18947  122 

JAMES  BICKNELL,  Auditor  City  and  County  of  Honolulu;  born  May  26, 
1869,  at  Kohala,  Hawaii;   admitted  1908. 
James  Bicknell=Ellen  Mariner  Bond. 
Eev.  Elias  Bond=Ellen  Mariner  Howell. 
Elias  Bond=Eebecca  Davis. 
Col.  William  Bond=Lucy  Brown. 

Col.  William  Bond  was  born  February  17,  1733,  and  died  August  31, 
1776.  He  was  lieutenant-colonel  under  Col.  Thomas  Gardner,  who  was 
mortally  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  After  that  event,  he 
succeeded  to  the  command  of  the  regiment  (which  in  November,  1775, 
was  designated  as  the  Twenty-fifth  Eegiment  of  the  Continental  Army), 
in  Gen.  Greene's  brigade,  which  was  stationed  at  Prospect  Hill.  In 
March,  Col.  Bond's  regiment  marched  to  New  York,  and  afterward  was 
ordered  to  Canada,  forming  part  of  the  detachment  ordered  thither  by 
way  of  Lake  Champlain.  He  returned  from  Canada,  with  his  regiment 
greatly  weakened  by  disease  and  death,  and  encamped  on  Mt.  Inde- 
pendence, opposite  Ticonderogat  He  had  just  received  a  furlough,  when 
he  was  taken  with  typhoid  fever,  and  died,  being  buried  with  military 
honors. 

9387  62 

BENJAMIN  D.  BOND,  M.  D.,  Kohala,  Hawaii;  born  in  Kohala,  January 
21,  1853;  admitted  January,  1898. 
Eev.  Elias  Bond=Ellen  Mariner  Howell. 
Elias  Bond=Eebecca  Davis. 

Col.  William  Bond=Lucy  Brown.     (See  record  of  James  Bicknell.) 
4688  38 

ELIAS  COBNELIUS  BOND,  Honolulu;  born  in  Kohala,  Hawaii,  May  21, 
1846;  admitted  February,  1896. 
Eev.  Elias  Bond=Ellen  Mariner  Howell 

Descendant  of  Col.  William  Bond.     (See  record  of  James  Bicknell.) 
20404  129 

CHAKLES  LEWIS  BOSSON,  San  Francisco;  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  June 
3,  1874;  admitted  January,  1909. 
George  Thompson  Bosson=Laura  J.   Josselyn. 
Charles  P.  Bosson=Elizabeth  S.  Hobbs. 
Daniel  Hobbs= 
Jacob   Hobbs= 

Jacob  Hobbs  was  one  of  eight  brothers,  who  all  enlisted  in  the  Eevo- 
lutionary  Army  from  Topsfield,  N.  H.  They  lived  in  Hudson,  Notting- 
ham and  Londonderry,  N.  H.  He  enlisted  in  Capt.  Philip  Thomas'  com- 
pany, Col.  James  Eeade's  regiment,  April  30,  1775,  and  served  three 
years  and  nine  months.  He  was  also  in  Capt.  John  Calf e  's  company, 
Col.  T.  Bartlett's  regiment,  serving  in  New  York  State.  In  1825,  he 
was  one  of  the  surviving  soldiers  of  the  Eevolutionary  War  present  when 
the  cornerstone  of  Bunker  Hill  Monument  was  laid. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  57 

18948  123 

iSAIAH  BRAY,  Pilot  U.   S.  Marine  Service,  Honolulu;   born  in  Chelsea, 

Mass.;  admitted  May  26,  1908. 

Jeremiah  Bray=Jane  G.  Gould. 

Isaiah   Bray=Thankful  Hallet. 

William  5rai/=Hannah  O 'Kelly. 

William  Bray  was  born  December  18,  1729,  in  Yarmouth,  Mass.,  and 

died  August  22,  1805;   was  a  private  in  Capt.  CrowelFs  company,  Col. 

Nathaniel  Freeman's  regiment,  of  Massachusetts,  called  out  on  an  alarm 

at  Dartmouth  and  Falmouth  in  September,  1778. 

4672  22 

WALTER  HALL  BROMLEY,  engineer,  Honolulu;  born  in  San  Francisco, 

March  19,  1863;  admitted  June,  1895. 

Washington  Lafayette  Bromley— Abby  Scribner. 

Lewis  Bromley=rAnn  Catherine  Jones. 

John  Bromley=:Eliza  Palmer. 

William  Bromley  2d= 

William  Bromley  lst= 

William  Bromley   1st  was  born  in  Connecticut  in   1719,  and  died  in 

Danbury,  Vt.,  in  1803.     He  was  town  clerk  of  Danby,  Vt.,  1776-1780; 

member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  in  1777;   Selectman  in  1781;   and 

Town  Treasurer  1783-1785.     William  Bromley  2d  was  a  private  soldier 

in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

14627  77 

WILLIAM   WOOD  WORTH   BRUNER,    180    Perry   street,    Oakland,    Cal.; 

born  in  San  Francisco,  December  1,  1864;  admitted  February  10,  1902. 

William  Hopperset  Bruner=Jane  Woodworth. 

John  Bruner=Maria  Jones. 

David  Jones=Hannah  Graham. 

Jonathan  Jo?ies=Margaret  Davis. 

Lieut.-CoL  Jonathan  Jones  was  born  November,  1738,  in  Chester  Co., 

Pa.,  and  died  September  26,  1782.     He  was  lieutenant-colonel  Third  Bat- 
talion Berks  Co.,  Pa.,  Militia. 

138 
IRA  DAY  PARSONS  CANFIELD,  electrician,  Honolulu;  born  in  Renora, 

Pa.,  May  13,  1882. 

Ira  Day  Canfield=Mary  Elizabeth  Parsons. 

Joseph  Parsons=Ann  Eliza  Fribley. 

William  Parsons=Catharine  Collins. 

Thomas  Collins=Elizaibeth  Pulate. 

Also: 

William  Parsons=Catharine  Collins. 

Stephen  Parsons=Eleanor  Macllraine. 

Also: 

Ira  Day  Canfield=Mary  Elizabeth  Parsons. 

Ira  Day  Canfield=Susannah    Antes. 

Frederick  Antes=Jane  Holt. 

Philip  Antes=Susanna  Williams. 

Capt.  Henry  Antes=A.Tina  Maria  Paulin. 

Thomas  Collins  was  born  in  Pennsylvania,  and   died  in  Womelsdorf, 

Pa.,  in  1807.     He  was  a  private  in  the  Second  Pennsylvania  Regiment, 

Continental  line,  and  one  of  Washington's  picked  men  who  crossed  the 

Delaware  to  attack  the  Hessians  at  the  battle  of  Trenton;  was  also  at 

Princeton,  Brandywine,  and  Germantown,  and  in  camp  at  Valley  Forge 

in  the  winter  of  1777-8,  and  remained  with  the  army  until  the  close  of 


58  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

the  war.  Stephen  Parsons  was  born  in  England.  He  was  a  private  in 
the  Essex  County,  New  Jersey,  Militia.  Capt.  Henry  Antes  was  born  in 
Pottstown,  Pa.,  October  5,  1736,  and  died  in  Fort  Antes,  Lycoming  Co., 
Pa.,  May  13,  1820.  He  was  captain  of  the  Eighth  Company  of  the  As- 
sociators  of  Northampton  Co.,  Pa.,  January  24,  1776,  and  of  the  First 
Company,  Third  Battalion,  March  13,  1776,  and  had  command  of  the 
Associators  on  the  frontier.  The  stockade  he  built  was  called  Antes  Fort. 

4655  5 

GEOEGE  EGBERT  CAETEE,  Honolulu;  born  in  Honolulu,  December  28, 
1866;  admitted  June,  1895. 

Henry  Alfred  Pierce  Carten=Sybil  Augusta  Judd. 
Gerrit  Parmele  Judd=Laura  Fish. 
Elias  Fish=Sybil  Williams. 
Samuel  JFiWiams=:Hannah  Powers. 
Also: 

Dr.  Gerrit  Parmele  Judd=Laura  Fish. 
Elnathan  Judd=Elizabeth  Hastings. 
Elnathan  Judd,  born  1724= 
Capt.  Thomas  Judd  of  Westbury,  Conn. 

Samuel  Williams  of  Groton,  Conn.,  served  as  lieutenant  in  the  Tenth 
Company  of  Continentals  from  May  1  to  December  18,  1775.  He  was 
afterward  second  lieutenant  in  Capt.  Asa  Bray's  company  of  Col.  Hooker's 
regiment  of  militia,  from  April  3  to  May  3,  1777.  Capt.  Thomas  Judd 
of  Westbury,  Conn.,  was  a  captain  of  the  militia,  and  representative  in 
the  General  Court  of  Connecticut  many  sessions. 

9385  60 

GEOEGE  PAEMELE  CASTLE,  president  Castle  &  Cooke,  Ltd.,  Honolulu; 
born  in  Honolulu,  April  29,  1851;  admitted  May,  1897. 
Samuel  Northrup  Castle=Mary  C.  Tenney. 
Levi  Tenney=Mary  Ann  Kingsbury. 
Jesse  Tenney=Hannah  Griswold. 

Jesse  Tenney  was  born  in  Norwich,  Conn.,  April  20,  1741,  and  died  in 
Sudbury,  Vt.,  January  8,  1815.  He  served  in  1780  and  1781  in  Capt. 
Joseph  Safford  and  Capt.  Eobinson's  companies,  and  is  said  to  have 
served  under  Gen.  Stark  in  the  battle  of  Bennington. 

9378  53 

WILLIAM   EICHAEDS   CASTLE,   lawyer,    Honolulu;    born   in   Honolulu, 
March  19,  1849;  admitted  January  15,  1897. 
Samuel  Northrup  Castle=Mary  C.  Tenney. 
Levi  Tenney=Mary  Ann  Kingsbury. 
Jesse  Tenney=Ha,nna,h  Griswold. 
(See  record  of  George  Parmele  Castle.) 

4683  33 

WAEBEN  CHAMBEELAIN,  Honolulu;  born  in  Honolulu,  July  17,  1829; 
admitted  February,  1896. 
Levi  Chamberlainr=:Maria  Patton. 
Joseph  Chamberlain=Liuey  Whitney. 
Wilson  Chamberlain==Etliz3ibet1a.  Austin. 

Also: 

Joseph  CTwzm&erZaw— Lucy  Whitney. 

Lieut.  Jesse  Whitney= 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  59 

Wilson  Chamberlain,  born  in  1724,  was  a  private  soldier  in  Capt.  Ben 
Richardson's  company,  Col.  Dyke's  regiment,  in  service  at  Dorchester 
Heights  near  Boston,  in  1776.  His  houses  and  property  were  destroyed 
in  the  burning  of  Charlestown,  and  his  wife  and  children  escaped  to 
Maiden,  Mass.  His  name  also  appears  on  the  roll  of  Capt.  Sam  Hub- 
bard's  company,  Col.  Job  Gushing 's  regiment,  in  1777.  He  marched  on 
the  alarm  to  Bennington,  Vt.  Enlisted  August  18,  1777,  discharged 
October  30,  1777.  He  died  at  Holliston,  Mass.,  June  23,  1791.  Joseph 
Chamberlain  was  born  December  27,  1762,  in  Charlestown,  Mass.,  and 
died  August  21,  1800,  at  Dover,  Vt.  He  enlisted  in  Westborough,  Mass., 
December  2,  1780,  for  three  years'  service.  In  January,  1783,  he  was  in 
the  Fifth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  stationed  at  Camp  New  Windsor, 
north  of  New  York  City,  and  continued  in  the  service  until  the  close  of 
the  war.  Lieut.  Jesse  Whitney  was  a  lieutenant  in  the  Fourth  Company 
of  Mendon,  Mass.,  Capt.  Gershom  Nelson.  He  marched  to  Lexington 
on  the  day  of  the  alarm.  He  was  engaged  in  military  service  in  Eastern 
Massachusetts  and  Ehode  Island,  from  1775  to  1779.  He  resigned  from 
the  service  November  16,  1779. 

4684  34 

WILLIAM  WARREN  CHAMBERLAIN,  clerk,  Honolulu;   born  in  Hono- 
lulu, February  13,  1873;   admitted  February,  1896.     (See  record  of  his 

father,  Warren  Chamberlain,  No.  33.) 

9398  73 

ERNEST  BROOKS  CLARK,  clerk,  Honolulu;  born  in  Oakland,  Cal.,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1877;  admitted  February,  1900. 

Charles  Kittredge   Clark=Harriett   Howell. 

Ephraim  W.  Clark=:Mary  Kittredge. 

Edward   CZarfc=Elizabeth   Wesson. 

Descendant  of  Edward  Clark,  Ephraim  Wesson  and  Solomon  Kittredge. 

(See  record  of  Charles  Jonathan  Austin.) 

137 
HARRIE  CUTLER  COBURN,  manager  Kauai  Railway  Co.,  Eleele,  Hawaii; 

born  May  26,  1882,  in  Brooklyn,  Conn.;   admitted  February  6,  1911. 

J.  Milton  Coburn,  M.  L».=Abbie  M.  Cutler. 

Aaron  G.  Cutler=Luey  F.  Nourse. 

Ebenezer  Cutler^Milly  Blake. 

Ebenezer  CwiZerrzzElizabeth  Brown. 

Ebenezer   Cutler   was   a   private   in   Massachusetts   troops   under   Col. 

Sproat. 

4670  20 

AMOS  FRANCIS  COOKE,  President  Palolo  Land  and  Improvement  Com- 
pany, Honolulu;   born  in  Honolulu,  December  23,  1851;   admitted  June, 

1895. 

Amos  Starr  Cooke=Juliette  Montague. 

Descendant  of  Col.  Joseph  Platt  Cooke,  Capt.  Caleb  Montague,  Capt. 

Thomas   Starr,  and  Israel  Eubbard.        (See   record   of    Charles   Henry 

Atherton.) 

9389  64 

CLARENCE  HYDE  COOKE,  President  Bank  of  Hawaii,  Honolulu;   born 

in  Honolulu,  April  17,   1876;   admitted  March,  1898. 

Charles  Montague  Cooke=Anna  Charlotte  Rice. 

Amos  Starr  Cooke=Juliette  Montague. 

Descendant  of  Col.  Joseph  Platt  Cooke,  Capt.  Caleb  Montague,  Capt. 

Thomas   Starr,   and   Israel   Hubbard.        (See   record   of    Charles   Henry 

Afherton.) 


60  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

14635  85 

GEOEGE    PAUL    COOKE,    Manager    American    Sugar    Co.,    Kaunakakai, 

Molokai;  born  in  Honolulu,  December  2,  1881;  admitted  August  9,  1906. 

Charles  Montague  Cooke— Anna  Charlotte  Eice. 

Amos  Starr  Cooke=Juliette  Montague. 

Descendant  of  Col.  Joseph  Platt  Cooke,  Capt.  Caleb  Montague,  Capt. 

Thomas   Starr,   and   Israel  Eubbard.        (See   record   of    Charles   Henry 

Atherton.) 

18928  103 

JOSEPH    PLATT    COOKE,    Manager    Alexander    &    Baldwin,    Honolulu; 

born  December  15,  1870,  at  Honolulu;  admitted  April  26,  1907. 

Joseph  Platt  Cooke=H.  Emily  Wilder. 

Amos  Starr  Cooke=Juliette  Montague. 

Descendant  of  Col.  Joseph  Platt  CooJce,  Capt.  Caleb  Montague,  Capt. 

Thomas  Starr,  and  Israel  Hubbard.        (See   record   of    Charles   Henry 

Atherton.) 

9386  61 

CHAELES  BEY  ANT  COOPEE,  M.D.,  Honolulu;  born  in  Babylon,  N.  Y., 

November  19,  1864;   admitted  November,  1897. 

Eev.  Charles  White  Coopen=:Sarah  Frances  Duyckinck. 

James  Duyckinck=:Mary  Post. 

John  Duyckinck— Mary  Meyer. 

Gen.  Andrew  McMeyer=M.&ry  

Gen.  Andrew  McMires  or  McMeyer   (the  Me  was  afterward  dropped), 

was   born   in    Scotland,    and   was   killed   in   the   battle    of   Germantown, 

October  4,  1777.     He  had  settled  in  New  Jersey.     When  the  War  of  In- 
dependence broke  out  he  entered  the  Continental  Army  as  Captain  in  the 

First  Eegiment  of  New  Jersey  troops,  December  15,  1775,  and  on  the 

29th  of  November,  1776,  was  promoted  for  bravery  in  the  field  to  the 

rank  of  General.     As  above  stated,  he  fell  at  the  head  of  his  brigade  in 

the  battle  of  Germantown. 

18927  102 

SAMUEL  MILLS  DAMON,  Banker,  Honolulu;   born  in  Honolulu,  March 

13,  1845;  admitted  April  26,  1907. 

Eev.  Samuel  Chenery  Damon=Julia  Sherman  Mills. 

Samuel  Damon=Alony  Chenery. 

Isaac  G7ienen/=Susannah  Peirce. 

Also: 

Samuel  Damon=Alony   Chenery. 

Samuel  Damon=Abigail  Penniman. 

James  Penniman=  Abigail  

Dr.  Isaac  Chenery  was  born  in  Medfield,  Mass.,  November,  1742,  and 

died  in  Holdon,  Mass.,  October  20,  1822.     He  was  surgeon  in  Capt.  Jos. 

Davis '    Company   of   Minute    Men,    Massachusetts,    and   surgeon   in   Col. 

Nathaniel  Wade's  Massachusetts  Eegiment.     James  Penniman  was  born 

in  1734,  and  died  March  17,  1804,  in  Medway,  Mass.    He  was  a  corporal 

in  the  Massachusetts  Militia. 

14634  84 

GEN.  EDWAED  DAVIS,  Brigadier-General,  U.  S.  A.,  retired,  Honolulu; 

born  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  July  7,  1845;   admitted  August  5,  1906. 

Benjamin   Outram  Davis=Susan  Fry   Speed. 

John  Speed— Lucy  Gilmer  Fry. 

Lieut.  James  Speed= 

Lieut.  James  Speed  was  a  lieutenant  in  Cocke's  Virginia  Militia  Eegi- 
ment, and  was  wounded  at  Guilford,  March  15,  1781. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  61 

14649  99 

CHAKLES  HENRY  DICKEY,  Lawyer,  Honolulu;   born  August  12,  1842, 

at  Ottawa,  111.;   admitted  February  20,  1907. 

Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey=Juliet  Evans. 

Eev.   James   Henry   Dickey— Mary  Depew. 

Eobert  Diclcey=M.aTy  Henry. 

James  Henry=A.gnes   Mitchell. 

Also: 

Eev.  James  Henry  Dickey=Mary  Depew. 

Samuel  Depew=Mary  Eose. 

John  Ztepew=Catharine  Shepherd. 

Also: 

Samuel  Depew=Mary  Eose. 

Capt.  Alexander  Eose= 

Also: 

Theophilus  Lyle  Dickey=Juliet  Evans. 
Isaac  Evans=Jane  P.  Morton. 
John   Morton=Margaret   Alexander. 
James  Alexander=M.ary  Peden. 

Robert  Dickey  was  born  in  Albemarle  Co.,  Va.,  November  25,  1745; 
died  at  South  Salem,  Ohio,  May  21,  1817.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Second  South  Carolina  Provincial  Congress,  1775-6,  and  was  a  light 
horseman  in  Capt.  Thos.  Kirkpatrick 's  company  in  Col.  Wm.  Bratton's 
South  Carolina  regiment,  and  served  with  the  wagon  team  as  driver. 
James  Henry  enlisted  November  4,  1775,  in  the  Second  South  Carolina 
Eegiment  under  Lieut.-Col.  Marion,  and  enlisted  March  25,  1776,  in  the 
Sixth  South  Carolina  Eegiment.  John  Depew  was  born  in  1726,  in  Lud- 
low,  England,  and  died  April  21,  1811,  in  Botetourt  Co.,  Va.  He  was  an 
artificer  in  Capt.  Henry  Heth's  Independent  Company  of  Virginia  troops, 
stationed  at  Fort  Pitt  in  1777  and  1778.  Capt.  Alexander  Eose  was  a 
lieutenant  in  the  Sixth  Virginia,  March  4,  1776,  and  was  made  captain 
in  the  Seventeenth  Virginia  in  September,  1776.  James  Alexander  was 
born  in  Ballymena,  Ireland,  and  died  in  Fairview,  South  Carolina,  about 
1805.  He  was  a  recognized  patriot,  and  had  four  sons  who  were  sol- 
diers in  the  revolutionary  cause.  He  was  taken  prisoner,  chained  to  a 
cart  and  dragged  forty-two  miles  in  two  days,  the  driver  being  ordered 
to  whip  him  whenever  he  leaned  on  the  cart  to  rest.  At  the  siege  of 
Augusta,  Ga.,  he  was  placed,  with  other  prisoners,  in  a  bastion  of  Fort 
Cornwallis  that  was  most  exposed  to  the  fire  of  the  American  batteries, 
one  of  which  was  manned  by  his  own  sons,  thus  being  exposed  to  being 
killed  by  his  own  children. 

4696  46 

LYLE  ALEXANDEE  DICKEY,  Lawyer,  Honolulu;  born  March  26,  1868, 
at  Whitehall,  111.;  admitted  May  6,  1896. 
Charles  Henry  Dickey— Ann  Elizabeth  Alexander. 
Eev.  William  Patterson  Alexander=Mary  Ann  McKinney. 

Descendant  of  Eobert  Dickey,  James  Henry,  John  Depew,  Capt.  Alex- 
ander Eose,  James  Alexander,  Col.  William  Chambers,  and  Mordecai  Mc- 
Kinney. (See  records  of  Charles  Henry  Dickey  and  William  DeWitt 
Alexander.) 

4657  7 

FEANK  STANWOOD  DODGE,  Civil  Engineer,  Honolulu;  born  in  Beverly, 
Mass,  October  31,  1854;   admitted  June,  1895.  > 

Jonathan  Stanwood  Dodge=Charlotte  Proctor  Allen. 
William  Allen  2d=Harriet  Lee. 

William  Allen  lst=  Hooper. 

William  Allen  1st  was  born  in  Manchester,  Mass.,  in  1750.  He  enlisted 
in  the  town  militia  in  July,  1775,  and  served  in  the  siege  of  Boston. 


62  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

18945  120 

WILLIAM  LEWIS  EATON,  collector,  Honolulu;   born  July  14,  1848,  at 

Waukegan,  111.;   admitted  December  18,  1907. 

Jeremiah  Eaton=Huldah  Howard. 

Jeduthan  Eaton=Nancy  Stone. 

David  Eaton= 

David  Eaton  was  born  August  4,  1738,  and  died  in  1808.     He  was  a 

private  in  Capt.  Oliver  Shattuek's  company  in  the  regiment  commanded 

by  Lieut.-Col.  Barnabas  Sears  of  Hampshire  Co.,  Mass.,  militia,  in  1781. 

4658  8 
JOHN  EFFINGEE,  merchant,  Honolulu;  born  in  Peru,  Indiana,  April  1, 

1861;    admitted  June,    1895. 

Kobert    Patterson   Effinger=Frances    Ann    Barbour. 

Samuel  Effinger=Mary  ]\oble. 

Capt.  John  Ignatius  von  Effinger=Ca,tberine  Spatzer. 

Capt.  John  Ignatius  von  Effinger  was  born  in  Mannheim,  Germany, 
December  1,  1756,  and  died  at  Woodstock,  Virginia,  August  31,  1839. 
He  came  to  America  with  the  troops  of  Hesse-Cassel,  but  immediately 
after  his  arrival,  "fired  with  the  love  of  liberty,"  he  joined  the  Amer- 
ican army.  He  enlisted  in  1778  as  corporal  in  Capt.  Bartholomew  von 
Heer's  Troop  of  Light  Dragoons,  when  Washington  was  in  winter  quar- 
ters on  the  Schuylkill  river  in  Pennsylvania,  and  served  till  the  end  of 
the  war,  August,  1783.  He  became  a  captain  in  the  Corps  of  Life 
Guards,  immediately  attached  to  the  person  of  Washington. 
93/6  51 

WALLACE    EIDER    FAEEINGTON,    Editor,    Honolulu;    born    in    Orono, 
Maine,  May  3,  1871;  admitted  September,  1896. 
Joseph  Eider  Farrington=Ellen  Elizabeth  Holyoke. 
Oliver  Farrington=Hannah  Eider. 
John  Farrington  #d— Cynthia  Hawes. 

John  Farrington  2d  enlisted  as  a  private  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary 
War,  from  Massachusetts,  and  served  for  three  or  more  years  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  war.  He  died  September  30,  1843. 

4659  9 
WILLIAM  JOSEPH  FOEBES,  accountant,  Honolulu;   born  in  Honolulu, 

October  8,  1866;   admitted  June,  1896. 

Anderson  O.  Forbes=Maria  Jane  Chamberlain. 

Levi  Chamberlain=Maria  Patton. 

Joseph  Chamberlain==Lucy  Whitney. 

Descendant   of   Joseph   Chamberlain,    Wilson   Chamberlain,   and  Lieut. 

Jesse   Whitney.     (See   record   of   Warren   Chamberlain.) 
20409  134 

ROWLAND  JAY  GEEENE,  Honolulu;  born  in  Brookfield,  N.  Y.,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1836;  admitted  August  5,  1909. 

Eev.  John  Greene=Elizabeth  Wells. 

Capt.  John  Greene=PruAence  Saunders. 

Capt.  John  Greene  was  born  in  Hopkinton,  R.  I.,  and  died  in  Hopkin- 

ton,  R.  I.,  in  March,  1830.    He  was  a  captain  in  Col.  Joseph  Noye's  Regi- 
ment of  Militia  of  Rhode  Island. 

14642  92 

EDWIN  OSCAR  HALL,  Bangor,  Maine;  born  in  Honolulu,  May  30,  1881; 

admitted  October  29,  1906. 

William  Wisner  Hall=Elizabeth  Archer  Van  Cleve. 

Edwin  Oscar  Hall=Sarah  Lyons  Williams. 

Owen  Hall— Sophia  Sibley. 

Asa  Sibley=Irene  Carpenter. 

Col.  Timothy  Sibley=Aimie  Waite. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  63 

Also: 

William  Wisner  Hall=Elizabeth  Archer  Van  Cleve. 

Horatio  Pliillips  Van  Cleve=Charlotte  Ouisconsin  Clark. 

Major  Nathan  Clark=Charlotte  Ann  Seymour. 

Capt.   Thomas  Young  Seymour=.Susam  Bull. 

Lieut.-Col.   Thomas  Seymour=:M.aTy  Ledyard. 

Col.  Timothy  Sibley  was  born  in  Sutton,  Mass.,  November  2,  1727,  and 
died  in  the  same  place  December  6,  1818.  He  was  a  Colonel  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War;  member  of  Committee  of  Safety  in  Sutton,  1776;  Select- 
man, 1781-2,  1791-2;  Assessor,  Eepresentative  in  the  Legislature,  1786- 
1793,  and  many  times  Moderator.  Lieut. -Col.  Thomas  Seymour  was  born 
at  Hartford,  Conn.,  1735,  and  died  at  Hartford,  1829.  He  was  appointed 
by  the  Assembly  in  1776  as  Lieut. -Col.  of  Light  Horse.  Capt.  Thomas 
Young  Seymour  was  born  at  Hartford,  Conn.,  in  1757,  and  died  in  1817. 
He  was  captain  of  Sheldon's  Dragoons  at  Saratoga,  and  after  the  sur- 
render was  escort  to  Burgoyne. 

9380  55 

WILLIAM  LEWERS  HOPPER,  business  manager,  Honolulu;  born  in  New 
York  City,  February  20,  1856;   admitted  January,  1897. 
James  Alexander  Hopper=Ellen  Lewers. 
James  Manwaring  Hopper=Mary  Falkner. 
Jacob  Hopper=Lydia  Manwaring. 
John  Manwaring=Lydia  Plumb. 

John  Manwaring  enlisted  in  the  Revolutionary  Army  from  New  Lon- 
don, Conn.,  and  was  killed  in  battle  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  February  22. 
1782. 

14644  94 

PERLEY  LEONARD  HORNE,  President  Kamehameha  Schools,  Honolulu; 
born  at  Topeka,  Kan.,  December  30,  1866;   admitted  December  1,  1906. 
John  Blake  Horne— Mary  White  Tay. 
Samuel  Horne=Lydia  Ham  Blake. 
William  Blake=Elizabeth  Wingate. 
Col.  Joshua  Wing  at  e= Abigail  Roberts. 
Also: 

Samuel  Horne=Lyuia  Ham  Blake. 
Otis   Horne=Mary   Coffin. 
Abner  Co#%i:=Keziah  Cromwell. 
Also: 

William  Blake=Elizabeth  Wingate. 
William  Blake=Betsey  Taylor. 
Also: 

Otis  Horne=Mary  Coffin. 
Ichibod  Horne=Sarah  Baker. 
Col.  Otis  Baker=Lydia  Wentworth. 

Col.  Joshua  Wingate  was  born  in  Dover,  N.  H.,  July  28,  1725,  and  died 
in  Littleworth,  N.  H.,  February  9,  1796.  August  24,  1775,  he  was  ap- 
pointed First  Major  of  the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment.  Septem- 
ber 1,  1775,  the  twelve  New  Hampshire  Regiments  were  consolidated  into 
four,  and  he  was  made  Colonel  of  the  First  New  Hampshire  Regiment. 
November  2,  1775,  he  was  at  Fort  Sullivan,  Leavey's  Island,  and  No- 
vember 8  was  appointed  to  command  500  men  raised  for  the  defense  of 
the  forts  on  the  Piscataqua  river.  In  1776  he  was  appointed  Colonel  of 
the  Second  New  Hampshire  Regiment,  raised  to  reinforce  Gen.  Sullivan, 
who  was  to  repel  the  enemy  coming  from  Canada.  Col.  Wingate  marched 
to  Ticonderoga,  and  was  stationed  at  Mt.  Independence.  In  1778  he  led 


64  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

a  regiment,  partly  of  Madbury  men,  in  the  Khode  Island  expedition  under 
Gen.  Sullivan.  He  was  a  representative  from  Dover  in  1781  to  the 
Second  Constitutional  Convention.  Abner  Coffin  was  born  in  New 
Hampshire,  April  25,  1738.  He  was  a  private  in  Col.  Badger's  regiment, 
under  Col.  Baker;  also  in  the  Rochester,  N.  H.,  company  of  Col.  Sar- 
gent's regiment,  under  Capt.  Willey.  William  Blake  was  born  in  Epsom, 
N.  H.,  in  1741,  and  died  at  Wakefield,  N.  H.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt. 
Daniel  Gordon's  company,  Col.  David  Gilman''s  regiment,  and  was  pro- 
moted to  sergeant.  Col.  Otis  BaTcer  was  born  in  1726,  and  died  October 
27,  1801.  He  was  chosen  December  21,  1775,  a  representative  to  the 
Revolutionary  Legislature  of  New  Hampshire,  at  Exeter,  which  resolved 
itself  into  an  independent  state  government  and  elected  him  one  of  the 
judges  of  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  which  office  he  held  until  1785, 
when  he  was  elected  a  state  senator.  He  was  one  of  the  New  Hamp- 
shire Committee  of  Safety  from  1776  to  1777,  and  he  succeeded  Col. 
John  Wentworth  of  Somersworth  in  command  of  the  old  Second  New 
Hampshire  Regiment. 

9390  65 

CHARLES  HUSTACE,  JR.,  Honolulu;   bora  in  Makawao,  Maui,  August 
25,  1863;  admitted  March,  1898. 
Cnarles  Hustace,  Sen.=Louise  Frances  Bolles. 
David  Hustace=Lucretia  Grace  Hempstead. 
Daniel  B.  Hempstead=Grace  Lanpheer. 

James  Lanpheer= Salstonstall. 

Also: 

Daniel  Booth  Hempstead=Grace  Lanpheer. 

Samuel  Booth  Hempstead= 

Captain  James  Lanpheer  was  born  in  1748.  During  the  Revolutionary 
War  he  was  sailing  master  of  the  frigate  ' '  Trumbull, ' '  built  at  Nor- 
wich, Conn.,  which  was  commanded  by  James  Nicholson,  and  was  cap- 
tured by  the  "Gen.  Monk"  and  the  ''Iris"  off  the  Capes  of  Delaware 
in  August,  1781.  He  had  also  commanded  a  privateer,  and  about  three 
weeks  before  New  London  was  taken  and  burned  in  1781,  he  had  cap- 
tured and  brought  into  that  port  an  East  Indiaman,  with  a  valuable 
cargo,  consisting  of  blankets,  woolen  goods,  etc.  His  house,  together 
with  the  rich  booty  which  it  contained,  was  burned  by  the  order  of 
Benedict  Arnold.  Samuel  Booth  Hempstead  was  born  in  1755.  On  the 
6th  of  September,  1781,  when  the  British  army  under  Gen.  Benedict 
Arnold  attacked  New  London,  he  was  stationed  in  the  redoubt  near  Fort 
Trumbull,  which  was  attacked  by  the  enemy  at  their  first  landing.  In 
this  engagement  young  Hempstead  was  wounaed  in  the  hip  and  carried 
home  by  four  comrades.  He  never  recovered  entirely  from  the  effect  of 
this  wound. 

20411  136 

EDWIN  AUSTIN  JONES,  clerk,  C.  Brewer  &  Co.,  Honolulu ;  born  at  Hono- 
lulu,   September   8,    1889;    admitted   September,    1910. 
Edwin  Austin  Jones=Isabelle  Fuller. 
Peter  Cushman  Jones=Cornelia  Hall. 
Peter  Cushman  Jones=Jane  Mclntosh  Baldwin. 
Josiah  Baldwin=Jane  Melntosh. 
Capt.  Isaac  BaZdwnn— Eunice  Jennison. 
Also: 

Josiah  Baldwin=Jane  Mclntosh. 
Peter  Mdntosh=Zibbie  Headon. 
Also: 

Peter   Cushman  Jones=Cornelia   Hall. 
Edwin  Oscar  Hall=Sarah  Lyons  Williams. 

A  descendant  of  Col.  Timothy  Sibley.  (See  record  of  Edwin  Oscar 
HaU). 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  65 

Capt,  Isaac  Baldwin  was  born  in  Sudbury,  in  1736.  He  served  with 
Stark  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  in  which  he  is  said  to  have  fought 
in  twenty  battles.  As  soon  as  he  heard  of  the  battles  of  Lexington  and 
Concord,  he  formed  a  company  of  volunteers  in  Hillsborough,  N.  H.,  and 
hastened  to  the  front.  He  arrived  there  in  time  to  take  part  in  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill,  in  which  he  fell  mortally  wounded,  at  the  head  of  his 
company.  His  name  appears  on  the  Bunker  Hill  bronze  tablet  facing 
Winthrop  Square,  Boston.  Peter  Mclntosh  was  Dorn  October  6,  1756,  at 
Boston,  and  died  there  November  23,  1846.  He  was  an  active  member 
of  the  ' '  Sons  of  Liberty ' '  in  Boston,  and  was  employed  in  the  Conti- 
nental Army  as  a  gunsmith,  etc.,  1776  to  1780. 

4663  (Formerly  No.  123,  California  State  Society)  13 

JOHN    WALTER    JONES,    stenographer,    Honolulu;    born    in    San   Fran- 
cisco, September  1,  1866;  admitted  June,  1895. 
Harrison  Jones=Isabella  Murray  Davies. 
Harrison  Jones=Elizabeth  Vaughan. 
John  Claiborne  Vaughan=Mary  Clack. 
Dr.  Claiborne  Vaughan= 

Dr.    Claiborne    Vaughan   was    surgeon's   mate    in    the    Sixth    Virginia 
Regiment,  commissioned  November  1,  1776,  and  transferred  to  the  Con- 
tinental Dragoons  in  1779.     He  was  retained  in  Baylor's  Regiment  of 
Dragoons,  November,  1782,  and  served  in  it  to  the  close  of  the  war. 
860  (Formerly  No.  259  Massachusetts  State   Society)  12 

PETER  CUSHMAN  JONES,  Banker,   Honolulu;   born  at  Boston,   Mass., 
December  10,  1837;  admitted  June,  1895. 

Descendant  of  Col.  Isaac  Baldwin  and  Peter  Mclntosh.  (See  record 
of  Edwin  Austin  Jones.) 

9379  54 

ALBERT    FRANCIS   JUDD,   Lawyer,    Honolulu;    born   in   Honolulu,   De- 
cember 20,  1874;   admitted  January,   1897. 
Hon.  Albert  Francis  Judd=Agnes  Hall  Boyd. 
Gerrit  Parmele  Judd=Laura  Fish. 
Elias  Fish=Sybil  Williams. 
Lieut.  Samuel  Williams==H.anna}i  Powers. 
Also: 

Gerrit  Parmele  Judd=Laura  Fish. 
Elnathan  Judd— Betsey  Hastings. 
Elnathan  Judd= 

Capt.  Thomas  Judd  of  Westbury,  Conn. 
(See  record  of  George  Robert  Carter.) 
Also: 

Hon.  Albert  Francis  Judd— Agnes  Hall  Boyd. 
Rev.  James  Robert  Boyd— Elizabeth  Moseley  Camp. 
Col.  Elisha  Camp=:Sophia  Hale. 
Col.  Geo.  Hale=Hope  Moseley. 
Capt.  Jonathan  Bate— Elizabeth  Welles. 
Also: 

Col.  Geo.  Hale=Hope  Moseley. 
Abner  Moseley= 
Joseph  Mosely= 

Captain  Jonathan  Hale  was  born  in  1718,  in  Glastonbury,  Conn.  He 
served  as  captain  of  the  Sixth  Company  of  Col.  Erastus  Wolcott's  regi- 
ment during  the  siege  of  Boston.  He  died  March  7,  1776,  when  with  the 
army  at  Jamaica  Plains,  Roxbury,  Mass.  Joseph  Moseley  served  under 
Col.  Gay  in  1776.  He  was  afterward  in  the  Seventh  Company  of  the 
Second  Battalion  under  Col.  James  Wadsworth. 


66  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

20406  131 

EEV.  HENRY  PEATT  JUDD,  pastor,  Kahului,  Hawaii;  born  in  Albany, 

N.  Y.,  March  15,  1880;  admitted  June  8,  1909. 

Albert  Francis  Judd=Agnes  Hall  Boyd. 

Descendant    of    Capt.    Thomas    Judd,   Lieut.    Samuel    Williams,    Capt. 

Jonathan   Hale,   and   Joseph  Moseley.     (See   records   of   George   Robert 

Carter  and  Albert  Francis  Judd.) 

18938  113 

DR.  JAMES  ROBERT  JUDD,  surgeon,  Honolulu;  born  in  Honolulu,  May 

20,  1876;  admitted  September  5,  1907. 

Albert  Francis  Judd=Agnes  Hall  Boyd. 

Descendant    of    Capt.    Thomas    Judd,   Lieut.    Samuel    Williams,    Capt. 

Jonathan   Hale,   and   Joseph   Moseley.     (See   records   of   George   Robert 

Carter  and  Albert  Francis  Judd.) 

20401  126 

HENRY  ARTHUR  JUEN,  Honolulu;  born  in  Stamford,  Conn.,  February 

14,  1865;  admitted  November  16,  1908. 

Henry  Juen,  Jr.=Emily  M.  Jones. 

Reynolds  Jones=Albina  Allen. 

William  Allen=Mercy   Stevens. 

William  Allen=Rose  Wayne. 

William  Allen  served  as  a  private  under  his  brother,  Col.  Ethan  Allen; 

was  at  the  capture  of  Fort  Crown  Point  and  Fort  Ticonderoga. 

9391—7312  66 

ERNEST    FROTHINGHAM    KING,    M.D.,    Washington,    D.    C.;    born   in 
Turner,  Maine,  November  29,  1858;   admitted  March,  1898. 
George  Mellen  Prentiss  King=Mary  Smith. 
Alonzo   King=Miranda  Prentiss. 
Samuel  King=Sarah  Hall. 
George  !Tin<7=Elizabeth   Shaw. 
Benjamin  King=A.loisih  Leonard. 

Benjamin  King  was  a  delegate  to  the  Provincial  Congress  and  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Committee  of  Safety.  Five  of  his  sons  served  in  the  War 
of  the  Revolution.  Sergeant  George  King  was  born  in  Raynham,  Mass., 
November  27,  1744,  and  died  in  the  same  place,  January  16,  1827.  He 
was  in  the  Company  of  Minute  Men  commanded  by  Capt.  James  Wilham, 
Jr.,  which  marched  from  Taunton  to  Roxbury,  April  20,  1775.  He  also 
served  in  Capt.  Josiah  Crocker's  company,  of  Col.  Carpenter's  regiment, 
under  Gen.  Sullivan,  in  the  Rhode  Island  campaign. 

14623  83 

SELDEN  BINGHAM  KINGSBURY,  Judge  Circuit  Court,  Second  Circuit, 
Wailuku,  Maui;  born  at  Camden,  Ohio,  October  29,  1840;  admitted 
July  20,  1906. 

Charles  Bingham  Kingsbury=Betsy  Tennant. 
Lemuel  Kingsbury=Ijovic,a,   (Hutchins)    Smith. 
Col.  Benjamin  Hutchins= 

Lemuel  Kingsbury  was  born  in  Otis,  Mass.,  November  20,  1759,  and 
died  in  Wakeman,  Ohio,  December  20,  1844.  He  enlisted  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary Army  from  Connecticut  when  a  boy,  and  served  to  the  end  of 
the  war  as  a  private  in  the  Eighteenth  Connecticut  Militia  and  Cornet 
Fifth  Light  Horse.  Col.  Benjamin  Hutchins  served  in  Connecticut  Militia 
at  West  Point  in  1780. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  67 

4680  30 

ANSEL    KINNEY,    Attorney,    Honolulu;    born    in    Honolulu, 


October  16,  1860;  admitted  October,  1895. 
William  Kinney=Caroline  Dailey. 
William  Kinney=Orpah  Bobbins. 
Joseph  Bobbins  3rd=Hannah  Baymond. 
Joseph  Eobbins  %d=.  -  Stephens. 

Joseph  Bobbins  2d  was  born  in  Kingston,  Mass.,  in  1757.  He  en- 
iisted  in  ivliddlebury,  Mass.,  May  1,  1775,  in  Capt.  Isaac  Wood's  company, 
under  Col.  Cotton,  in  Gen.  Thomas'  brigade,  in  which  he  served  through 
the  siege  of  Boston.  In  1776  he  re-enlisted  in  Gen.  Heath's  brigade  for 
one  year,  and  served  in  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  taking  part  in  the 
battles  of  Trenton  and  Princeton.  In  June,  1779,  he  enlisted  again  in 
the  army  under  Gen.  Sullivan,  and  served  in  the  campaign  in  Western 
New  York  against  the  Indians.  His  name  was  on  the  Pension  Bolls 
in  1838. 

14645  95 

BAYMOND    HOTCHKISS    LEACH,    Assistant    Superintendent    Hawaiian 
Pineapple  Company,  Honolulu;  born  in  Burton,  Ohio,  October  13,  1880; 
admitted  December  1,  1906. 
Francisco  Leach=Melissa  Sanford. 
Solomon  Leach=Harriet  Fowler. 
Anson  Fowler=Lois   Hotchkiss. 
Caleb    Fowler=M.ollie   Chittenden. 
Jared   Chittenden=Debora,h   Stone. 
Also: 

Anson  Fowler=Lois  Hotchkiss. 
Isaac  Hotchkiss=A.nn  Spinning. 
Also: 

Caleb  Fowler=Molly  Chittenden. 
Ebenezer  Fowler=Desire  Bristol. 

Caleb  Fowler  was  born  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  December  31,  1755,  and  died 
in  Burton,  Ohio,  October  12,  1822.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt.  Elijah 
Humphrey's  company,  Col.  Wm.  Douglas'  regiment,  and  also  a  private 
in  Capt.  Daniel  Hand's  company,  Col.  Talcott's  regiment.  He  was  on 
duty  that  memorable!  Sunday  at  the  battle  of  Monmouth.  Out  with  a 
scouting  party  on  North  Biver,  he  captured  a  musket  from  the  British 
while  they  were  eating  breakfast,  which  is  now  in  the  possession  of  his 
grandson  Caleb.  Jared  Chittenden  was  born  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  August 
30,  1734,  and  died  there  February  12,  1824.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt. 
Daniel  Hand's  company,  Col.  Talcott's  Connecticut  Begiment,  in  1776. 
Isaac  Hotchkiss  was  born  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  October  7,  1756,  and  died 
there  August  24,  1835.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt.  Noadiah  Hooker's 
company,  Col.  Joseph  Spencer's  regiment,  from  May  4,  1775,  to  October 
15,  1775;  in  Capt.  Stephen  Hall's  company,  Col.  Herman  Swift's  regi- 
ment, May  26,  1777,  to  May  26,  1780;  in  Capt.  Peter  Vail's  Company 
of  Guards,  stationed  at  Guilford  for  the  defense  of  the  seacoast,  No- 
vember 14  to  December  14,  1781.  He  was  with  Washington  at  Valley 
Forge.  Ebenezer  Fowler  was  born  in  Guilford,  Conn.,  January  11,  1719, 
and  died  there  February  9,  1800.  He  served  as  a  private  after  the 
Lexington  Alarm  under  Capt.  Noah  Fowler,  and  Ensigns  John  Hubbard 
and  Stephen  Hall  forty-two  days. 


68  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

9394  69 

EBENEZEB  PABKEB  LOW,  Supervisor,  City  and  County  of  Honolulu; 

born  in  Honolulu,  October  4,  1864;  admitted  October  21,  1898. 

John  Somers  Low=Martha  Parker  Fuller. 

Frederick  Oilman  Low=Eliza  Davis. 

Joshua  Gee  Low=Lydia  Somers. 

John  Zow=Sarah  Gee. 

John    Low    was    Lieutenant-Colonel    of    the    Militia    Begiment    from 

Gloucester,  Mass.,  in  1775,  and  afterward  was  promoted  to  be  Colonel. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety;  Bepresentative  1776-1781; 

and  Delegate  to  the  Convention  to  Batify  the  State  and  Federal  Consti- 
tutions. 

14640  90 

JOHN  STANLEY  LOW,  accountant,  Kukuihaele,  Hawaii;  born  in  Hanalei, 

Hawaii,  July  4,  1867;  admitted  September  24,  1906. 

John  Somers  Low=rMartha  Parker  Fuller. 

Descendant  of  Lieut. -Col.  John  Low.     (See  record  of  Ebenezer  Parker 
Low.) 
18941  116 

FBEDEBICK  DWIGHT  LOWBEY,  merchant,  Honolulu;  born,  in  Honolulu, 
June   6,   1885;    admitted   November   16,   1907. 
Frederick  Jewett  Lowrey=Cherilla  Storrs. 
Frederick  Canfield  Lowrey=Alice  L.  Moore. 
Frederick    Nathaniel   Lowrey=Charlotte    Haskins. 
Dr.   Nathaniel  Lowrey=Bebecca  Canfield. 
Col.  Samuel  Caw/teZd=Elizabeth  Judson. 
Also: 

Frederick  Canfield  Lowrey=Alice  L.  Moore. 
Bev.  Harris  Moore=Bebecca  Smith. 
Jephthah  Moore=Zilpah  Jewett. 
Capt.  Daniel  Jewett=ZilpSih   Hibbard. 
Also: 

Jephthah  Moore=Zilpah  Jewett. 
Capt.  Abijah  3foore=Eunice  Gibbs. 

Col.  Samuel  Can-field  was  born  in  Milford,  Conn.,  April  26,  1726,  and 
died  August  17,  1797.  He  was  Colonel  of  a  Begiment  of  Connecticut 
troops,  and  was  stationed  one  winter  at  West  Point,  N.  Y.,  under  Gen. 
McDougal,  1781-2.  He  was  a  Bepresentative  in  the  Connecticut  Legis- 
lature for  about  ten  years,  from  1769,  and  town  clerk  in  Sharon,  Conn., 
from  1792  till  his  death.  Capt.  Daniel  Jewett  was  born  February  27, 
1744,  and  died  in  Putney,  Vt.,  March  30,  1829.  He  was  lieutenant  of 
militia  in  a  regiment  from  Cumberland  Co.,  Vt.,  in  1776.  He  was  after- 
ward captain  of  a  company  forming  a  part  of  the  First  Begiment  Ver- 
mont Militia,  commanded  by  Samuel  Fletcher,  and  fought  in  the  battle 
of  Bennington.  He  moved  to  Putney  in  1773,  and  represented  that  town 
thirteen  years  in  the  State  Legislature.  Capt.  Abijah  Moore  was  Cap- 
tain of  Militia  in  the  Lower  Begiment  of  Cumberland  Co.,  Vt.,  commanded 
Dy  Col.  William  Williams,  in  1776. 

9384  59 

FBEDEBICK  JEWETT  LOWBEY,  merchant,  Honolulu;  born  in  Pittsfield, 
Mass.,  October  18,  1858;   admitted  May,  1897. 
Frederick  Canfield  Lowrey=Alice  L.  Moore. 

Descendant  of  Col.  Samuel  Canfield,  Capt.  Daniel  Jewett,  and  Capt. 
Abijah  Moore.  (See  record  of  Frederick  Dwight  Lowrey.) 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  69 

18942  117 

CLARENCE  KUMUKOA  LYMAN,  Second  Lieutenant,  4th  U.  S.  Cavalry; 

born  in  Hamakua,  Hawaii,  February  28,  1882 ;  admitted  December  6, 1907. 

Eufus  Anderson  Lyman=Rebecca  A.  Brickwood. 

David  Belden  LymannzSarah  Joiner. 

£>avid  Lyman=Rhoda  P.  Belden. 

David  Lyman= 

David  Lyman  was  born  and   died   in   Tollingford,   Conn.,   and  was  a 

lieutenant  in  the  First  Connecticut  Militia,  and  was  honorably  discharged 

to  run  a  grist  mill  in  New  Hartford  for  the  supply  of  the  revolutionary 

troops. 

14650  100 

EUGENE  HOLLIS  LYMAN,  Manager  Pacific  Soda  Works,  Hilo,  Hawaii; 

born  in  Hilo,  Hawaii,  January  5,  1876;   admitted  April  1,  1907. 

Eufus  Anderson  Lyman=Rebecca  A.  Brickwood. 

Descendant  of  Lieut.  David  Lyman.     (See  record  of  Clarence  Kumu- 

koa  Lyman.) 

18j26  101 

FREDERICK  SNOWDEN  LYMAN,  pineapple  grower,  Maunawai,  Oahu; 

born  in  Honolulu,  May  7,  1863;  admitted  April  17,  1907. 

Frederick  Swartz  Lyman=Isabella  Chamberlain. 

David  Belden  Lyman=Sarah  Joiner. 

Levi  Chamberlajn=Maria  Patten. 

Descendant    of    Lieut.  David    Lyman,    Wilson    Chamberlain,    Joseph 

Chamberlain,  and  Lieut.  Jesse  Whitney.     (See  records  of  Clarence  Ku- 

mukoa  Lyman  and  Warren  Chamberlain.) 

4668  18 

CURTIS  JERE  LYONS,  Honolulu;   born  in  Waimea,  Island  of  Hawaii, 

June  27,  1833;  admitted  December  3,  1900. 

Lorenzo  Lyons=Betsey  Curtis. 

Dr.   Jere  Lyons=Mary  Richards. 

benjamin  Bichards=M.ary  Belcher. 

Benjamin  Richards  was  born  in  Stoughton,  Mass.,  March  20,  1738,  and 

died  January,   1816.     He  was  a  private  in  Capt.   Edw.  Bridge   Savel's 

company,    Col.    Robinson's    regiment,    which    marched    on    the    alarm    of 

April   19,   1775,   from   Stoughtonham,   Mass. ;    also   in  same   company  in 

Col.  Gill's  regiment   on  the  alarm  of  March  4,   1776,  and  marched  to 

Dorchester  Hills. 

2u402  127 

ilENRY   BREWSTER   MARINER,   Manager   First   Trust   Co.,   Hilo,   Ha- 
waii;   born  in   Oakland,   Cal.,   November    18,   1877;    admitted  November 

18,   1908. 

Silas  Henry  Winthrop  Mariner=Lucy  Adelaide  Parrott. 

Silas  Marinei=Deborah  T.  Stanwood. 

Winthrop  Stanwood=M.&ry  Horton  Curtis. 

Also: 

Silas   Mariner=Deborah   T.   Stanwood. 

John  Mariner==E,umGe  Hannah. 

Winthrop  Stanwood  was  born  in  Gloucester,  Mass.,  September  6,  1761, 

and  died  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  May  4,  1828.     He  was  a  private  in 

Capt.  John  Kettell's  company  in  Major  Nathaniel  Heath's  detachment 

of   guards;    enlisted   August    3,    1779;    discharged    September   30,    1779. 

Detached  from  militia  for  three  months'  service  in  and  about  Boston. 


70  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Sergeant  John  Mariner  was  born  in  Falmouth,  Mass.,  August  14,  1748. 
He  enlisted  as  a  private  in  Capt.  Briant  Morton's  company  under  Col. 
Jonathan  Mitchell,  and  was  discharged  November  25,  1776.  He  served 
on  the  seacoast  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  and  built  Fort  Hancock  where  Fort 
^  reble  now  stands.  He  was  a  sergeant  under  Capt.  Pride,  enlisting 
October  1,  1779.  He  served  under  Nathaniel  Jordan  near  Portland, 
Maine. 

9383  58 

FEANCIS   BLAKELEY    McSTOCKEK,    Manager    Hawaiian    Development 
Co.,  Honolulu;   born  in  Philadelphia,  1854;   admitted  August,  1897. 
Francis  Blakeley  McStocker  3rd=Margaret    Sarah    Johnston. 
Francis  Blakeley  McStocker  2nd=Julia   Hibbs. 
rirightwell  Hibbs=Mary  Geyer. 
Balzar  Geyer= 

Balzar  Geyer  served  as  a  private  in  George  Honey's  Company  in  the 
Northern  Division  of  the  City  Guards  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  commanded 
oy  Lewis  Nicholas,  Mayor  of  the  city,  in  1/76. 

20403  128 

HOWAED  CHAELES  MOHE,  Librarian,  The  Advertiser,  Honolulu;  born 
in  Mohrsville,  Pa.,  February  26,  1875;   admitted  November  18,  1908. 
Charles  Shoemaker  Mohr=Katherine  Anna  Kershner. 
Daniel  Kershnei=Elizabeth  Umbenhour. 
Samuel  Umbenhour=Magdalen  Leonard. 
Philip  LeonarcfcElizabeth  Shappelle. 
Jacob  Leonard=A.nnB.  Maria  Krick. 
Also: 

Charles  Shoemaker  Mohr=Katherine  Anna  Kershner. 
Charles  Huey  Mohr=Sophia  Shoemaker. 
Charles  Shoemaker,   Jr.=Elizabeth   Kershner. 
Charles  Shoemaker=M.a,Tia  Kepner. 
Also: 

Daniel  Kershner=Elizabeth  Umbenhauer. 
John  Kershner=Katharine  Hart. 
Conrad  Kershner,  Jr.— Catharine  Eieser. 
Conrad  Kershner,  Sr.=Elizabeth  Bertolette. 
Frederick  Bertolette=Esther  Levan. 
Abraham  Levan= 
Also: 

Conrad  Kershner,  Jr.=Catharine  Eieser. 
Jacob   Rieser=Esiher  Bertolette. 

Philip  Leonard  was  born  in  York,  Pa.,  August  25,  1746,  and  died  in 
Lenhartsville,  Pa.,  December  31,  1822.  In  1781  he  enlisted  for  a  term 
of  eighteen  months  in  Col.  Craig's  Detachment,  First  Eegiment,  which 
marched  with  the  Pennsylvania  Line.  He  was  enrolled  in  Capt.  Bower's 
company,  and  in  1782  transferred  to  Bower's  company  of  the  Second 
Eegiment.  In  1783  he  re-enlisted  for  a  seven-months'  term  in  Col. 
Eichard  Butler's  company  in  the  Ninth  Eegiment.  Jacob  Leonard  was 
born  in  the  Pfaltz,  Germany,  in  1736,  and  died  in  Lenhartsville,  Pa., 
August  3,  1793.  He  enlisted  as  fifer  in  Capt.  Jacob  Lodich's  company, 
Coi.  Samuel  Ely's  battalion,  Berks  Co.,  Pa.,  militia,  in  1781.  Charles 
Shoemaker  was  born  in  Germantown,  Pa.,  December  28,  1742,  and  died  in 
Shoemakersville,  Pa.,  April  27,  1820.  He  represented  Berks  County,  Pa., 
as  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Conference  for  Pennsylvania  held  at  Car- 
penter's Hall,  Philadelphia,  June  25,  1776,  and  was  also  a  delegate  from 
Berks  County  to  the  Constitutional  Convention  held  in  Philadelphia  July 
15,  which  continued  by  adjournment  until  September  28,  1776.  In  1777 
he  was  appointed  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  County,  serving  until  1790. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  71 

The  State  Assembly  in  December,  1777,  appointed  him  to  solicit  sub- 
scriptions for  the  Continental  Loan.  In  November,  1777,  he  acted  as  one 
of  the  commissioners  assembled  in  New  Haven  to  regulate  the  price  of 
commodities  in  the  Colonies.  Abraham  Levan  was  born  in  Oley  Town- 
ship, Berks  County,  Pa.,  in  1698,  and  died  there  in  1781.  He  was  ap- 
pointed Judge  of  the  Court  Martial,  Fourth  Battalion,  Berks  County, 
May  17,  1777.  He  also  served  as  guard  of  prisoners  of  war  in  Capt. 
Geist  's  Company,  Fourth  Battalion,  Berks  County  Militia,  guarding 
prisoners  that  had  attempted  to  escape,  and  afterward  guarding  them 
from  Beading  to  Lancaster,  Pa.  Conrad  Kershner,  Jr.,  was  a  private, 
January  20,  1777,  in  Capt.  Nicholas  Scheffer's  Company,  First  Battalion, 
Berks  County  Militia.  He  was  also  in  Capt.  Eheim's  Company,  First 
Battalion,  Berks  County  Militia,  in  1781,  when  it  was  ordered  on  an  ex- 
pedition to  New  Town,  Bucks  County,  Pa.  He  was  born  in  Heidelberg, 
Berks  County,  Pa.,  in  1755,  and  died  in  1801,  in  Windsor,  Pa.  Jacob 
Eieser  was  born  in  Berne,  Berks  County,  Pa.,  January  16,  1755,  and  died 
there  December  27,  1815.  He  was  a  corporal  in  Capt.  Nicholas  Scheffer's 
Company,  First  Battalion,  Berks  County  Militia,  in  1777;  private  in  Capt. 
Charles  Gobin's  Company,  Sixth  Battalion,  Berks  County  Militia,  under 
Col.  Jos.  Heister,  August  10  to  September  9,  1780;  also  in  Capt.  Miller's 
Company  of  Militia  commanded  by  Col.  Joseph  Heister,  May  31,  1781. 
18950  125 

FEED    EOCKWELL    NUGENT,    Board    of    Health,    Honolulu;    born    in 
Placervielle,  Cal.,  October  26,  1873;   admitted  October  3,  1908. 
3,   1908. 

Thomas  Carr  Nugent=Juliett  Maria  Eockwell. 
Peter  King  Eockwelk^Maria  Dorcas  Bell. 
William  Uell=DoTc,a8  Forster. 
John  .Fors£er=Catherine  Dickey. 

William  Bell  was  born  in  Lower  Paxtang  Township,  Lancaster  County, 
Pa.,  in  1744,  and  died  in  Erie,  Pa.,  in  September,  1813.  He  was  captain 
of  a  company  in  the  Lancaster  County  Battalion  of  Associators  com- 
manded by  Col.  James  Burd  in  1776-1778.  After  the  war  he  went  to 
Erie  and  became  judge  of  the  courts  and  state  senator.  John  Forster 
was  born  in  1725  and  died  in  1789.  He  served  in  the  Lancaster  Associa- 
tors in  1776  with  his  son-in-law,  Capt.  William  Bell. 

755  (Formerly  No.  154,  Massachusetts  State  Society.)  37 

WILLIAM  COOPEE  PAEKE,  Attorney,  Honolulu;  born  in  Honolulu,  Sep- 
tember  19,   1865;    admitted  February,  1896. 
William   Cooper   Parke   2d=Annie   Severance. 
William  Cooper  Parke  Ist^Susan  Wilde. 
Matthew  Parfce=Judith  Cooper. 

Matthew  Parke  was  born  in  1746,  and  died  in  Boston,  Mass.,  in  1813. 
He  was  commissioned  as  Captain  of  Marines  on  the  American  Frigate 
Alliance  in  the  fall  of  1778.  In  January,  1779,  he  sailed  in  her  to  Brest, 
France.  In  February  the  Alliance  was  attached  to  the  squadron  of  Com- 
modore John  Paul  Jones,  and  cruised  in  company  with  it  until  the  famous 
engagement  between  the  "Bon  Homme  Eichard"  and  the  "Serapis," 
September  23,  1779.  During  this  cruise  the  Alliance  captured  the  "Bet- 
sey," 22  guns,  and  the  "Union,"  22  guns.  After  another  cruise  off  the 
French  coast,  he  sailed  to  Boston,  Mass.,  in  July,  1780.  In  February, 

1781,  he  sailed  again  to  L  'Orient,  France.     At  the  end  of   March  the 
"Alliance"  sailed  on  another  cruise,  in  which  she  captured  two  Guernsey 
privateers,  April  2,   and  on  the   28th   of  May  captured  two  brigs,  the 
' '  Atlanta ' '  and  the  ' '  Trepassy, ' '  after  a  severe  action,  in  which  she  lost 
eleven  killed  and  twenty-one  wounded,  and  reached  Boston  in  safety.     In 

1782,  the  "Alliance"  fought  her  last  battle  while  on  a  cruise  to  Havana. 
She  was  named  in  honor  of  the  treaty  of  alliance  made  with  France,  and 
was  always  a  favorite  ship  in  the  navy. 


72  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

14646  96 
EENEST  NAPELA  PARKER,  Humuula,  Hawaii;   born  in  Paauhau,  Ha- 
waii, September  21,  1880;  admitted  February  13,  1907. 

Samuel  Parker=Hattie  Richardson. 

Ebenezer  Parker=Kilia 

John  P.  Parker=Kipikane 

Samuel  Parfcer=Ann  Palmer. 

Ebenezer  Porfcer=Mindwell  Bird. 

Samuel  Parlcer  was  born  in  Newton,  Mass.,  October  25,  1742.     He  was 

a  private  in  Capt.  Amariah  Fuller's  company  at  the  Lexington  Alarm 

and  a  private  in  Capt.  Phineas  Cook's  company,  Lieut.-Col.  Wm.  Bond's 

Thirty-seventh  Massachusetts  Regiment.     Ebenezer  Parlcer  was  a  private 

in  Jeremiah  Wiswall's  company,  Lexington  Alarm,  and  served  two  days. 
14636  86 

SAMUEL   PARKER,   Honolulu;    born  in   Kohala,   Hawaii,   May   7,   1853; 

admitted  August  14,  1906. 

Ebenezer  Parker=Kilia. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  Parlcer  and  Ebenezer  Parlcer.     (See  record  of 

Ernest  Napela  Parker.) 

14647  97 
SAMUEL  PARKER,  JR.,  Manager  Humuula  Sheep  Station  Co.,  Kamuela, 

Hawaii;   born  at  Waimea,  Island  of  Hawaii,  June  19,  1879;   admitted 

February  13,   1907. 

Samuel  Parker=Hattie  Richardson. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  Parlcer  and  Ebenezer  Parlcer.  (See  record  of 
Ernest  Napela  Parker.) 

14631  81 

CHARLES  FRANCIS  PARSONS,  Judge  Circuit  Court,  Fourth  Circuit, 
Hilo,  Hawaii;  born  in  Mankato,  Minn.,  January  18,  1872;  admitted  July 
10,  1906. 

S.  DeWitt  Parsons=Frances  White. 
Albert  S.  White^Harriet  Randolph, 
'inomas   Mann   Randolph=Harriet   Wilson. 
Thomas  Mann  .RaneifoZp7i=Gabriella  Harvie. 

Thomas  Mann  Eandolph  was  born  in  Tuckahoe,  Va.,  in  1741,  and  died 
there  November  19,  1793.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia  House  of 
Burgesses  and  of  the  Convention  of  1776,  and  of  the  Colonial  Committee 
of  Safety. 

9400  75 

DE    BLOIS    PEARCE    PENH  ALLOW,   master    mariner,    Wailuku,    Maui; 
born  in  Honolulu,  December  31,  1844;   admitted  December  23,  1901. 
David  Pearce  Penhallow=Mary  Yeaton. 
Hunking  Penhallow=Harriet  Pearce. 
John   Penhallow=Sarah  Wentworth. 
Hunlcing   Wentworth=Elizabeth  Wibird. 
Also: 

Hunking  Penhallow=Harriet  Pearce. 
David  Pearce= 

Hunking  Wentworth,  uncle  of  the  then  Royal  Governor  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, was  Chairman  of  the  First  Committee  of  Safety,  in  the  Revolution. 
David  Pearce  of  Gloucester,  Mass.,  born  October  26,  1736,  was  a  wealthy 
merchant  and  ship  owner,  and  rendered  important  assistance  to  the  Gov- 
ernment during  the  War  of  Independence.  He  had  a  number  of  priva- 
teers at  sea,  and  assisted  in  equipping  the  frigate  "Flora"  and  other 
vessels  in  the  American  Navy.  A  list  has  been  published,  which  shows 
that  he  put  204  guns  on  board  of  thirteen  privateers  and  national  vessels. 
He  died  at  Gloucester,  March  16,  1818,  aged  82  years. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  73 

9396  71 

HENEY  BALCH  PENHALLOW,  Manager  Wailuku  bugar  Co.,  Wailuku, 

Hawaii;  born  in  San  Francisco,  CaL,  December  2,  1877;   admitted  Feb- 
ruary, 1900. 

De  Blois  Pearce  Penhallow=Eliza  Otis  Turner. 

Descendant   of  Huriking   Wentworth  and  David  Pearce.     (See   record 

of  De  Blois  Pearce  Penhallow.) 

4693  43 

JOHN    SCOTT    BOYD    PEATT,    President    Board   of   Health,    Honolulu; 

born  in  Geneva,  N.  Y.,  November  1,   1866;   admitted  April,  1896. 

James  Hyde  Pratt=Sophia  Hale  Boyd. 

Harry  Pratt=Susan   Cleveland. 

Capt.  James  Pratt= 

Also: 

James  Hyde  Pratt=Sophia  Hale  Boyd. 

James  E.  Boyd=Elizabeth  Moseley  Camp. 

Descendant  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Hale  and  Joseph  Moseley.     (See  record 

of  Albert  Francis  Judd.) 

Capt.  James  Pratt  was  born  in  1753,  and  died  in  1820.     He  assisted 

Ms  twin  brother,  Capt.   John  Pratt,  as  commissary,   from  December  1, 

1778,  till  after  April,  1779,  at  Schoharie,  N.  Y.,  which  was  the  commis- 
sary depot  of  the  Continental  Army  during  the  Eevolutionary  War.     He 

also  served  in  Capt.   Charles  Whitney's  company  of   Col.   S.  B.  Well's 

regiment. 

18929  104 

EOBEET     uAMES    PEATT,   chief    draughtsman,   Honolulu   Iron   Works, 

Honolulu;  born  in  New  York  City,  October  28,  1860;  admitted  May  4, 

1907. 

James  Hyde  Pratt— Sophia  Hale  Boyd. 

Descendant  of  Capt.  James  Pratt,  Capt.  Jonathan  Hale,  and  Joseph 

Moseley.     (See   records  of  John   Scott  Boyd  Pratt   and  Albert  Francis 

Judd.) 

20410  135 

EALPH  JOSEPH  EICHAEDSON;  born  in  Minneapolis,  Minn.,  December 

14,  1886;   admitted  May  10,  1910. 

Walter  Jay  Eichardson=Sarah  Sagar. 

Joseph  Eichardson=Lydia  Phelps  Eead. 

Sampson  Eead=Huldah   Bisbee. 

Sampson  Eead=Jane  Ellis. 

Sampson  Kead==Lydia  Phelps. 

Also: 

Sampson  Eead=Jane  Ellis. 

Freeman  Ellis=&Sir&h  Bradford. 

Also: 

Sampson  Eead— Huldah   Bisbee. 

Elisha  Bisbee=M&ry   Pettinghill. 

Charles   Bisbee=Beulsh   Rowland. 

Sampson  Eead  was  born  in  Middlesex  Co.,  Mass.,  May  13,  1754,  and 

died  in  Westford,  Mass.,  in  1777.     He  was  a  private  in  Capt.  Jonathan 

Minott's  company  in  Col.  Baldwin's  Massachusetts  Eegiment.     Freeman 

Ellis  enlisted  at  Plympton,  Mass.,  as  corporal  in  Capt.  John  Bradford's 

company,  Col.  Theophilus  Cotton's  regiment,  which  marched  on  the  alarm 

of  April  19,  1775,  to  Marshfield.     He  served  as  private,  March  29,  1777, 

and  marched  to  Bristol,  Long  Island,  on  an  alarm,  in  Capt.  Jas.  Harlor's 


74  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

company,  commanded  by  Lieut.  Elijah  Bisbee,  Jr.,  Col.  Thos.  Lothrop's 
regiment,  Gen.  Joseph  Gushing  'a  brigade.  Elisha  Bisbee  was  born  in 
East  Bridgewater,  Mass.,  in  1757.  He  served  fourteen  days  in  Lexing- 
ton Alarm  as  private  in  Capt.  Amos  Turner's  company,  Col.  John  Bailey's 
regiment.  He  enlisted  May  3,  1775,  in  same  company  and  served  three 
months  and  six  days,  at  siege  of  Boston.  September  20,  1776,  he  en- 
listed in  Capt.  Abram  Washburn's  company,  Col.  John  Gushing 's  regi- 
ment, and  served  fifty-nine  days  at  Newport,  R.  I.  In  1778  he  was  a 
private  in  Capt.  Cole's  company,  Col.  Jacob's  regiment.  He  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  and  made  the  chain  that  blocked  the  British  from  going 
up  the  Hudson  river.  Charles  Bisbee  died  at  Bridgewater,  Mass.  He 
served  fourteen  days  in  Lexington  Alarm  in  Capt.  Freeman  Chamber- 
lain's company,  Col.  Bailey's  regiment,  and  enlisted  May  3,  1775,  and 
served  three  months  under  same  captain  in  Gen.  John  Thomas'  regiment. 
In  1777  he  served  in  Rhode  Island  in  Capt.  John  Turner's  company,  in 
Col.  Cotton's  regiment. 

18946  121 

FEANK   ADAMS   RICHMOND,   teacher;    born   in   Marva,   111.,   December 
6,  1876;  admitted  December  23,  1907. 
Alfred  Richmond=Emily  Adams. 
Horace  Richmond— Phoebe  Eaton. 
Capt.    Elias   Richmond=Lucy    Chaffee. 
Ephraim  Richmond=A.nn  Deane. 
Also: 

Horace  Richmond=Phoebe  Eaton. 
Asa  Eaton,  Jr.^Melinda  Hitchcock. 
Asa  Eaton= 
James  Eaton= 
Also: 

Asa  Eaton,  Jr.=Melinda  Hitchcock. 
Eldad  Hitchcock=3ZstheT  Hoar. 
Nathan  Hoar= 
Also: 

.i^r.  Alfred  Richmond=Emily  Adams. 
Dr.  Samuel  Adams=Mary  Joanna  Moulton. 
Isaac  Adams=Olive  Wight. 
Capt.  Samuel  Adams=~Lucy  Spofford. 
Also: 

Isaac  Adams=Olive  Wight. 
Joel  JFt#7it=rElizabeth   Twitchel. 
Also: 

Dr.  Samuel  Adams=Mary  Joanna  Moulton. 
Dr.  Jotham  Tilden  Moulton=Mary  Joanna  Farrar. 
Brig.  Gen.  Jotham  Moulton=JoB.ima,  Tilden. 
Col.  Jeremiah  Moulton=Ks.jni3ih  Sayward. 
Also: 

Dr.    Jotham    Tilden    Moulton=Mary   Joanna    Farrar. 
Humphrey    Farrar=Lucy    Farrar. 
Deacon  Samuel  Farrar  (father  of  Lucy)=Lydia  Barrett. 

Ephraim  Richmond  was  born  at  Middleboro,  Mass.,  in  1735,  and  died 
in  Grafton,  Vt.,  in  1816.  He  was  a  private  in  the  Massachusetts  Militia 
raised  in  Taunton,  Mass.  He  had  been  a  soldier  in  the  French  War, 
stationed  at  Cape  Breton.  James  Eaton  was  a  private  in  the  Connecticut 
Line.  Eldad  Hitchcock  was  born  in  1757  and  died  in  1829;  was  a  Minute 
Man  from  Brimfield,  Mass.,  at  the  Lexington  Alarm.  Nathan  Hoar  was 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  75 

a  private  in  the  Massachusetts  Militia.  Capt.  Samuel  Adams  was  born 
in  Boxford,  Mass.,  August  22,  1750;  died  in  Jaffrey,  N.  H.,  February  21, 
1813.  He  was  one  of  the  men  from  Col.  Enoch  Kale's  regiment  who 
marched  to  Ticonderoga  under  command  of  Capt.  Josiah  Brown  to  re- 
inforce the  Continental  Army,  May  6,  1777.  Joel  Wight  was  born  in 
Medford,  Mass.,  in  1741,  and  died  in  Gilead,  Me.,  in  1824.  He  enlisted 
January  1,  1776,  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  served  one  year  as  a  private 
under  Capt.  Nathan  Watkins,  Col.  Edmund  Phinney,  in  the  Massachusetts 
Continental  Line.  Obtained  a  pension  in  1818  when  totally  blind. 
Brig.  Gen.  Jotham  Moulton  was  born  February  12,  1743,  at  York,  Maine, 
and  died  May  12,  1777,  in  South  Carolina  of  fever  contracted  while 
crossing  the  Carolina  swamps.  He  was  an  officer  of  the  crown,  but  threw 
up  his  commission  to  go  into  the  Revolution.  He  was  commissioned  Au- 
gust 30,  1775,  as  Colonel  of  York  County  Militia,  and  January  30,  1776, 
as  Brigadier  General  of  a  York  County  Eegiment  to  reinforce  the  Army 
at  Ticonderoga.  Col.  Jeremiah  Moulton  was  born  January  17,  1713,  and 
died  July  16,  1777,  in  South  Carolina  of  army  fever.  He  was  an  officer 
of  the  crown  before  the  Eevolution.  He  was  a  colonel  in  the  Eevolution. 
Humphrey  Farrar  was  born  in  Lincoln,  Mass.,  February  28,  1740,  and 
died  in  Colebrook,  Mass.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt.  Wm.  Smith's  com- 
pany, Col.  Abijah  Pierce 's  regiment,  and  a  Minute  Man  at  Lexington. 
He  was  also  a  private  in  Capt.  Hartwell's  company,  Col.  Eliezer  Brook's 
regiment,  Massachusetts  Militia,  at  Dorchester  Heights,  March  4,  1776. 
Deacon  Samuel  Farrar  was  born  in  Concord,  Mass.,  September  28,  1708, 
and  died  April  17,  1783.  He  was  chairman  of  the  first  Committee  of 
Correspondence,  which  met  at  Middlesex,  August  30,  1774;  chairman  of 
the  first  Committee  of  Safety,  Concord;  also  member  of  the  first  Pro- 
vincial Congress,  which  met  October  11,  1774.  Although  sixty-five  years 
old,  he  responded  to  the  call  of  Paul  Eevere  and  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  Concord.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt.  Samuel  Derby's  company,  Second 
Massachusetts  Eegiment,  under  Col.  John  Bailey. 

4667  17 

LUTHEE  SEVEEANCE,  Librarian,  Hilo;   born  in  Augusta,  Maine,  June 
1,  1836;  admitted  June,  1895. 
Luther  Severance=Anna  Hamlen. 
Elihu  Severance=Tryphena  Gunn. 
Moses  Severance=JosLTLna  French. 

Ensign  Moses  Severance  was  born  in  Deerfield,  Mass.,  March  23,  1730; 
died  at  Montague,  Mass.,  August  1,  1799.  He  enlisted,  1776,  in  Capt. 
Burke 's  Company  of  Eangers,  and  afterward  served  in  other  companies. 
He  was  a  delegate  from  Montague  to  the  State  Convention  that  passed 
on  the  ratification  of  the  Federal  Constitution. 

4689  39 

FEEDEEICK  CAELOS  SMITH,  Passenger  and  Ticket  Agent,  O.  E.  &  L. 
Co.,  Honolulu;  born  in  New  Haven,  Conn.,  May  20,  1871;  admitted 
March,  1896. 

Carlos   Smith=Isabella  Graham  Maltby. 
Julius  Maltby=Melinda  Fowler. 
Solomon  Fowler=Olive  Douglas. 

Descendant  of  Col.  William  Douglas  and  Capt.  Josiah  Fowler.  (See 
record  of  William  Douglas  Alexander.) 

14630  80 

JAEED  GAGE  SMITH,  scientist,  Honolulu;  born  in  Sparta,  N.  Y.,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1866;   admitted  May  2,  1904. 
Prosper  Adams  Smith=Delia  Spencer. 
Elisha  Smith=Zeruiah  Adams. 
Jesse  ^4dams=:Zeruiah  Cady. 


76  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Jesse  Adams  was  born  in  Canterbury,  Conn.,  July  17,  1757,  and  died 
in  Pawlet,  Vt.,  in  1812.  He  was  a  private  in  Capt.  Bacon's  company 
under  Col.  Chester  in  1776  in  the  Sixth  Connecticut  Battalion,  Wads- 
worth's  brigade.  This  battalion  was  raised  in  June,  1776,  to  reinforce 
"Washington  in  New  York,  and  was  stationed  at  the  Fiatbush  Pass  on 
Long  Island,  August  26,  and  engaged  in  the  battle  the  following  day, 
narrowly  escaping  capture.  It  was  engaged  at  White  Plains,  Octooer  28, 
and  was  in  New  Jersey  at  the  time  of  the  battle  of  Trenton,  but  not 
in  the  battle. 

14639  89 

JOHN  ULEIC  SMITH,  lawyer,  Hilo,  Hawaii;  born  in  Garibaldi,  Oregon, 
April  30,  1868;   admitted  September  24,  1906. 
Sidney  Smith=:Mianda  Bayley. 
Daniel  Dodge  Bayley=Elizabeth  Monson. 
Capt.  Timothy  .Bat/Zey— Zeruiah  Blodgett. 

Capt.  Timothy  Bayley  died  in  1824.  He  enlisted  at  New  Lisbon,  Graf- 
ton  Co.,  N.  H.,  at  the  beginning  of  the  Revolutionary  War  and  served 
seven  years  in  the  Continental  Army.  He  rose  to  the  rank  of  first  lieu- 
tenant; was  at  Valley  Forge  and  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis  at  York- 
town. 

20405  130 

WALTER   GIFFORD   SMITH,   journalist,   Honolulu;    born   in   Sherburne, 
N.  Y.,  July  23,  1859;  admitted  May  27,  1909. 
Levi  Nathaniel  Smith=Sarah  Katharine. 
John  E.  Smith=Hannah  Knapp. 

Daniel  Knapp— Lucy  

Joshua  Knapp=AbigSiil  Bostwick  Dibble. 

Joshua  Knapp  was  born  in  Danbury,  Conn.,  February  5,  1716,  and  died 
in  the  same  place,  August  8,  1798.     He  was  a  Minute  Man  of  Danbury. 
14038  88 

FREDERICK  GALEiN   SNOW,  dairyman,  Glenwood,  Hawaii;  born  in  Ku- 
saie,  Caroline  Islands,  March  9,  ^858;  admitted  August  21,  1906. 
Benjamin  Galen  Snow=Lydia  Vose  Buck. 
Ebenezer  Buck=rMehitable  Vose. 
Thomas  Vose=Mehitable  Hay  den. 
Josiah  Eayden=Silence  Howard. 

Capt.  Josiah  Hay  den  was  born  in  Braintree,  Mass.,  May  15,  1734,  and 
died  in  Winslow,  Maine,  September  2,  1818.  He  served  in  Col.  Bailey's 
Regiment  of  Minute  Men,  April  19  to  May  1,  1775;  then  in  Brig.  Gen. 
Thomas'  regiment.  January  1,  1776,  he  was  commissioned  Major  of  the 
Twenty-third  Regiment  under  Col.  John  Bailey,  and  commanded  the  regi- 
ment at  the  battle  of  Harlem  Heights,  September  16,  1776. 
18935  110 

JAMES    TOWNSEND    TAYLOR,    civil   engineer,    Honolulu;    born    March 
19,   1859,  in  Kona,  Hawaii;   admitted  August   17,   1907. 
Townsend  Elijah  Taylor=Persis  Goodale   (Thurston)    Taylor. 
Asa  Thurston=Lucy  Goodale. 
Abner  Goodale=M.Q\\y  Howe. 
EliaTcim  jETowe=Rebecca  Howe. 

Abner  Goodale  was  born  in  Marlborough,  Mass.,  August  22,  1755;  died 
in  the  same  town  May  16,  1823.  On  the  day  of  the  battle  of  Lexington, 
April  19,  1775,  he  enlisted  in  Capt.  Howe's  company  at  Marlborough  and 
marched  to  Cambridge,  Mass.,  and  there  did  duty  until  the  expiration 
of  his  term  of  enlistment.  He  enlisted  again  in  Decemoer,  1775,  in 
Capt.  Gate's  company  of  militia  in  Col.  Ward's  regiment,  and  served  in 
the  campaign  of  White  Plains,  N.  Y.  EliaMm  Howe  was  born  in  1723 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  77 

in  Marlborough,  Mass.;  died  in  1805  in  Brownfield,  Maine.  He  was  a 
signer  of  the  Association  Test  Oath  of  New  Hampshire,  April  12,  1776, 
and  on  the  Committee  to  fill  the  quota  for  the  Continental  Army.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  alarm  list  of  Henneker,  N.  H.,  where  he  lived  dur- 
ing the  Eevolution. 

4679  29 

LOEBIN  ANDEEWS  THUESTON,  President    Hawaiian  Gazette  Co.,  Ltd., 
Honolulu;  born  at  Honolulu,  July  31,  1858;   admitted  October  5,  1895. 
Asa  Goodale   Thurston=Sarah  Andrews. 
Eev.  Asa  Thurston— Lucy  Goodale. 

Descendant    of   Abner    Goodale   and   Eliakim   Howe.     (See    record    of 
James  Townsend  Taylor.) 

18949  124 

EEV.  EDWAED  WAITE  THWING,  Agent  International  Eeform  Bureau, 
Tientsin,  China;  born  February  11,  1868,  at  Boston,  Mass.;  admitted 
September  4,  1908. 

Edward  Pay  son  Thwing=Susan  Maria  Waite. 
Thomas  Thwing=Grace  Welch  Barnes. 
Nicholas   Thwing=^Ljdia,   Stratton. 
John  Thwing=SsiTah  Chamberlain. 

Nicholas  Thwing  was  born  at  Newton,  Mass.,  July  16,  1762;  died  at 
the  same  place,  November  10,  1841.  He  was  a  corporal  in  a  company 
raised  by  the  town  of  Newton  for  service  in  the  Continental  Army  during 
1780.  His  service  was  for  six  months.  John  Thwing  was  born  March  11, 
1732,  at  Cambridge,  Mass.;  died  1811  at  Newton.  He  was  a  sergeant  in 
Capt.  Phineas  Cook's  company  which  marched  April  19,  1775,  at  Cam- 
bridge, Mass.,  under  command  of  Capt.  Lieut.  John  Marean. 
14648  98 

EOBEET  PAEKEE  WAIPA,  County  Sanitary  inspector,  Honolulu;   born 
May  15,  1856,  at  Hamakua,  Hawaii;  admitted  February  13,  1907. 
Kameeiamoku  Waipa=Mary  Parker. 
John  P.  Parker=Kipikane. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  Parker  and  Ebenezer  Parker.     (See  record  of 
Lrnest  Napela  Parker. 

18932  107 

EOBEET  PAEKEE  WAIPA,  JE.,  Clerk  Circuit  Court,  First  Circuit,  Hono- 
lulu; born  in  Mana,  Hawaii,  August  11,  1878;  admitted  May  14,  1907. 
Eobert  Parker  Waipa^Sarah  Koa. 
Kameeiamoku  Waipa=Mary  Parker. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  Parker  and  Ebenezer  Parker.     (See  record  of 
Ernest  Napela  Parker.) 

18931  106 

STEPHEN  PAEKEE  WAIPA,  Honolulu;  born  in  Honolulu,  December  25, 
1887;  admitted  May  14,  1907. 
Kameeiamoku  Waipa=Sarah  Koa. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  Parker  and  Ebenezer  Parker.     (See  record  of 
Ernest  Napela  Parker.) 

18934  109 

ALBEET   WATEEHOUSE,   Pearl   City,   Hawaii;    born   in   Honolulu,   No- 
vember 17,  1879;  admitted  May  28,  1907. 
Henry  Waterhouse=Julia  Hawkins  Dimond  . 
Henry  Dimond— Ann  Maria  Anner. 
Jesse  Dimond=Bethiah  Marquand. 
Daniel  Dimon=Lois  Bradley. 


78  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

Daniel  Dimon  was  born  in  Fairfield,  Conn.,  March  20,  1747,  and  died 
in  Fairfield,  September  6,  1808.  He  was  ensign  in  Col.  Samuel  Whiting's 
Eegiment  of  Guards,  being  the  fourth  Eegiment  of  Connecticut  Militia 
raised  for  the  defense  of  the  State,  March,  1777. 

9395  70 

CHAELES   BLODGET   WELLS;    born   in    Gloversville,   N.   Y.,   April   27, 
1858;   admitted  1899. 
Ward  S.  Wells=Helen  Frances  Blodget. 
James    F.    Blodget=Miriam    Clarissa    Eedington. 
John  Redington=La,MTS,  Wales. 

John  Eedington  was  born  in  Boston,  Mass.,  September  29,  1747,  and 
died  in  Lawyersville,  Schoharie  Co.,  N.  Y.,  April  12,  1830.  He  enlisted 
May  14,  1776,  at  Tolland,  Conn.,  in  Capt.  Pryor's  company  of  Col. 
Ward's  regiment.  After  reaching  New  York,  he  entered  Capt.  Allen's 
Artillery  company,  in  which  he  served  till  May,  1777.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  capture  of  the  Hessians  at  the  battle  of  Trenton,  December 
25,  1776,  and  in  the  victory  at  Princeton,  January  3,  1777.  After  he  had 
been  honorably  discharged  in  May,  1777,  at  Chatham,  N.  Y.,  he  served  as 
one  of  Capt.  Chamberlain's  Horse,  in  the  service  of  Connecticut,  and  was 
present  at  the  surrender  of  Gen.  Burgoyne,  October  17,  1777.  He  served 
through  three  annual  enlistments,  under  Capt.  James  Dana,  and  while 
in  that  service  in  1781  was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Hessians  at  Horse  Neck, 
near  Greenwich,  Conn.  With  several  other  prisoners,  he  was  driven  bare- 
footed over  the  frozen,  snow-covered  ground  for  thirty  miles,  into  the 
City  of  New  York.  There  he  was  imprisoned  for  two  months  in  the 
1  'Old  Sugar  House."  At  the  close  of  the  war  he  removed  to  Schoharie 
Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death. 

4669  19 

GEEEIT  PAEMELE  WILDEE;  born  in  Honolulu,  November  5,  1863;  ad- 
mitted June,  1895. 

Samuel  Gardner  Wilder=Elizabeth  Kinau  Judd. 
Dr.  Gerrit  Parmele  Judd=Laura  Fish. 

Descendant  of  Lieut.  Samuel  Williams  and  Capt.  Thomas  Judd.  (See 
record  of  Albert  Francis  Judd.) 

14629  79 

NATHAN  CEOSBY  WILLFONG,  Tax  Assessor,  Hilo,  Hawaii;  born  March 
2,  1853,  at  Hana,  Hawaii;   admitted  May  2,  1904. 
George  W.  Willfong=Mary  C.  Benson. 
David  Willfong=Susan   Champe. 
John  Champe=Sus3,n  Barnard. 

John  Champe  was  born  in  1752  in  Loudon  Co.,  Va.,  and  died  in  1798 
in  Kentucky.  He  enlisted  in  Lee's  Legion  in  Loudon  Co.,  Va.,  and  was 
promoted  to  sergeant-major.  At  Gen.  Harry  Lee's  suggestion,  approved 
by  Gen.  Washington,  October  20,  1780,  he  undertook  the  capture  of  the 
traitor  Gen.  Arnold  in  New  York  City.  In  company  with  other  Amer- 
icans, he  rented  a  dwelling  adjoining  Arnold's.  They  laid  plans  to  gag 
and  remove  him,  but  were  frustrated  by  Clinton's  hasty  order  for  em- 
barkation, which  took  place  on  the  day  of  the  night  in  which  the  arrest 
was  to  have  been  made.  He  went  south  in  the  same  squadron,  having 
enlisted  in  Arnold's  regiment,  and  escaped  from  the  British  lines  and 
reported  to  Gen.  Washington.  At  Washington 's  advice  he  resigned  from 
the  army  before  the  end  of  the  war.  His  intrigue  had  become  known 
and  the  condition  of  affairs  between  the  two  armies  was  such  that  no 
influence  could  have  saved  him  from  a  spy's  death  in  case  of  his  capture. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  79 

20408  133 

EAEL   HERBERT   WILLIAMS,  clerk,   Hilo,   Hawaii;    born  in  Kapulena, 
Hawaii,  April  9,  1888;   admitted  July  17,  1909. 
Charles  Williams=Harriet  Luukia. 
Henry  Williams=Mary   Kanealii. 
Jesse  Williams=Roxana 
Obed  Williams= 

Obed  Williams  was  a  private  from  Waterbury,  Conn.,  in  the  Fifth  Com- 
pany of  the  First  Regiment  of  Connecticut  Militia,  and  was  at  the  siege 
of  Boston.  He  afterward  enlisted  again  in  the  Connecticut  Line  under 
Capt.  Smith,  and  was  discharged  May  28,  1780. 

3485  93 

DAVID    LITTLE    WITHINGTON,    attorney-at-law,    Honolulu;     born    in 
Newbury,  Mass.,  February  2,  1854;  admitted  November,  1906,  by  trans- 
fer from  California  Society. 
Nathan  Noyes  Withington=Elizabeth  Little. 
Tristram  Little=Sarah   Little. 
David  Little— Abigail  Noyes. 
John  Noyes=Sarah  Little. 
Col.  Moses  Little=Abigail  Bailey. 

Col.  Moses  Little  was  born  in  1724  at  Newbury,  Mass.,  and  died  at 
Newbury,  May  27,  1798.  He  was  captain  of  a  company  of  Minute  Men 
which  marched  on  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  to  Cambridge,  Mass.  He  was 
colonel  of  the  Seventeenth  Massachusetts  Regiment,  commissioned  May  1, 
1775,  and  in  service  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  was  colonel  of  the 
Twelfth  Continental  Infantry  in  1776  in  Major-General  Greene's  division 
of  the  Continental  Army,  and  at  Flatbush  Pass  in  the  disastrous  battle 
of  Long  Island,  and  at  Harlem  Heights.  June  16,  1777,  he  was  com- 
missioned Brigadier  General  and  appointed  to  command  forces  destined 
for  Nova  Scotia,  but  declined  the  appointment  on  account  of  broken 
health  occasioned  by  his  services  in  the  last  campaign.  He  represented 
Newbury,  Mass.,  in  the  General  Court,  1777-1781. 

18944  119 

JAMES  FRANK  WOODS,  proprietor  Kahua  Ranch,  Mahukona,  Hawaii; 

born  November  16,  1875,  at  Kohala,  Hawaii;  admitted  December  6,  1907. 

James  Woods=Mary  Parker. 

John  Parker=Hanai. 

John  P.  Parker=Kipikane. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  ParTcer  and  Ebenezer  ParTcer.     (See  record  of 

Ernest  Napela  Parker.) 

14637  87 

PALMER  PARKER  WOODS,  rancher,  Kohala,  Hawaii;   born  August  31, 

1870,  at  Kohala,  Hawaii;   admitted  August  14,  1906. 

James  Woods=Mary  Parker. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  Parker  and  Ebeneser  ParTcer.  (See  record  of 
Ernest  Napela  Parker.) 

18930  105 

SAMUEL   PARKER   WOODS,   pineapple    grower,    Kohala,    Hawaii;    born 

February  19,  1877,  at  North  Kohala,  Hawaii;  admitted  May  4,  1907. 

James  Woods=Mary  Parker. 

Descendant  of  Samuel  Parker  and  Ebenezer  ParTcer.  (See  record  of 
Ernest  Napela  Parker.) 


80 


HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 


MEMBEES    HAWAIIAN    SOCIETY    SONS    OF    THE    AMEEICAN 
EEVOLUTION. 


1—  4641  Alexander,  William   DeWitt 

2—  4652  Alexander,  William  Douglas 
76 — 14626  Amweg,  Frederick  J. 

3 —  4653  Atherton,  Charles  Henry 
68—  9393  Atherton,  Frank  Cooke 
82 — 14632  Austin,  Charles  Jonathan 

112 — 18937  Axtell,  Josephus  Carlisle 

115—18940  Axtell,  Eaymond  Carlisle 

91 — 14641  Baldwin,  Erdmann  Dwight 

35 —  4685  Ballou,  Sidney  Miller 

114 — 18839  Banning,  Bernhard  Eudolf 

122 — 18947  Bicknell,  James 

62—  9387  Bond,  Dr.  Benjamin  Davis 

38—  4688  Bond,  Elias   Cornelius 

129 — 20404  Bosson,  Charles  Lewis 

123—18948  Bray,  Isaiah 

22—  4672  Bromley,  Walter  Hall 

77—14627  Bruner,  William  Woodworth 

138 — 20413  Canfield,  Ira  Day  Parsons 

5—  4655  Carter,  George  Eobert 

60 —  9385  Castle,  George  Parmalee 

53 —  9378  Castle,  William  Eichards 

33 —  4683  Chamberlain,  Warren 

34—  4684  Chamberlain,  William  Warren 
73 —  9398  Clark,  Ernest   Brooks 

137 — 20412  Coburn,  Harrie  Cutler 

20 —  4670  Cooke,  Amos  Francis 

64 —  9389  Cooke,  Clarence  Hyde 
85—14635  Cooke,  George  Paul 

103 — 18928  Cooke,  Joseph  Platt 

61 —  9386  Cooper,  Dr.  Charles  Bryant 
102 — 18927  Damon,  Samuel  Mills 

84 — 14634  Davis,  Gen.   Edward 

99 — 14649  Dickey,  Charles  Henry 

46—  4696  Dickey,  Lyle  Alexander 

7 —  4657  Dodge,  Frank  Stanwood 
78—14628  Dow,  Herbert  Manchester 

120 — 18945  Eaton,  William  Lewis 

8 —  4658  Effinger,  John 

51 —  9376  Farrington,   Wallace   Eider 

9—  4659  Forbes,  William  Joseph 
134 — 20409  Greene,  Bowland  Jay 

92—14642  Hall,  Edwin  Oscar 

55 —  9380  Hopper,  William  Lewers 

94 — 14644  Home,  Perley  Leonard 

65—  9390  Hustace,   Charles,   Jr. 
136 — 20411  Jones,  Edwin  Austin 

13—  4663  Jones,  John  Walter 

12 —     860  Jones,  Peter   Cushman 

126 — 20401  Juen,  Henry   Arthur 

54—  6996  Judd,  Albert  Francis 
131 — 20406  Judd,  Eev.  Henry  Pratt 
113 — 18938  Judd,  Eobert  James 


1508  Punahou  St. 

1508  Punahou  St. 

700-5     Marston     Bldg.,    San 
Francisco 

706  S.  King  St. 

2234  Kamehameha  Ave. 

Nahiku,  Hawaii 

P.  O.  Box  642 

1048  Alakea  St. 

Judd  Bldg. 

910  Colorado  Bldg.,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. 

C/o  J.  A.  Magoon 

P.  O.  Box  798 

Kohala,  Hawaii 

Ferumand  ave.  nr.  Aj.anoa  rd. 

Dewey  House,  4th  and  How- 
ard Sts.,  San  Francisco 

Quarantine  Station 

1726  Anapuni  St. 

180  Perry  St.,  Oakland,  Cal. 

Honolulu 

472  Judd  St. 

Stangenwald  Bldg. 

37  Merchant  St. 

Spencer   St. 

Wilder  av.  cor  Spencer  av. 

Bank   of   Hawaii 

Eleele,  xvauai 

202  McCandless  Bldg. 

1646   Keeaumoku   St. 

Kauluwai,   Molokai 

Stangenwald  Bldg. 

1141  Alakea  St. 

C/o  Bishop  &  Co. 

1522  Hastings  St. 

1  Campbell  Block 

1  Campbell  Block 

1808  Punahou  St. 

105  Dearborn  St.,  Chicago 

C/o  Evening  Bulletin 

Alexander  Young  Bldg. 

Evening  Bulletin 

Punahou  and  Young  Sts. 

llth  Avenue 

Bangor,  Maine 

1802  Keeaumoku  St. 

Kamehameha  Schools 

880   S.  Beretania  St. 

Honolulu 

1536  Kewalo  St. 

205  McCanaless  Bldg. 

1189  Alakea  St. 

622  Judd  St. 

Kahului,  Maui 

927  Prospect  St. 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION. 


81 


66—  9391  King,  Dr.  Ernest  Frothingham 

83 — 14633  Kingsbury,  Hon.  Selden  Bingham 

30—  4680  Kinney,  William  Ansel 
95—14645  Leach,  Bay  Hotchkiss 

69 —  9394  Low,  Ebenezer  Parker 
90—14640  Low,  John    Stanley 

116 — 18941  Lowrey,  Frederick  Dwight 

59 — .  9384  Lowrey,  Frederick  Jewett 

117 — 18942  Lyman,  Clarence  Kumukoa 

100 — 146oO  Lyman,  Eugene  Hollis 

101 — 18926  Lyman,  Frederick   Snowden 

18 —  4668  Lyons,  Curtis  Jerre 

127 — 20402  Mariner,  Henry  Brewster 

58 —  9383  McStocker,  Frank  Blakeley 

128 — 20403  Mohr,  Howard  Charles 

125—18950  Nugent,  Fred  Eockwell 

37 — •     755  Parke,  William  Cooper 

96—14646  Parker,  Ernest  Napela 

86 — 14636  Parker,  Samuel 

97—14647  Parker,  Samuel,   Jr. 

81 — 14631  Parsons,  Hon.  Charles  Francis 

75—  9400  Penhallow,  Capt.  De  Blois  Pearce 

71 —  9396  Penhallow,  Henry  Balch 

43—  4693  Pratt,  John    Scott   Boyd 

104—18929  Pratt,  Eobert  James 

135 — 20410  Eichardson,  Ealph  Joseph 

121 — 18946  Eichmond,  Frank  Adams 

17 —  4667  Severance,  Luther 

39 —  4689  Smith,  Frederick   Carlos 

80—14630  Smith,  Jared  Gage 

89—14639  Smith,  John  Ulric 

130—20405  Smith,  Walter   Gifford 

88 — 14638  Snow,  Frederick  Galen 

110 — 18935  Taylor,  James  Townsend 

29 —  4679  Thurston,  Lorrin  Andrews 

124 — 18949  Thwing,  Eev.  Edward  Waite 

98 — 14648  Waipa,  Eobert  Parker 

107 — 18932  Waipa,  Eobert  Parker,  Jr. 

106—18931  Waipa,  Stephen   Parker 

31—  4681  Walton,  Clarence  Munroe 
109 — 18934  Waterhouse,  Albert 

70—  9395  Wells,  Charles  Blodget 

19 —  4669  Wilder,  Gerrit  Parmiie 
79 — 14629  Willfong,   Nathan  Crosby 

133—20408  Williams,  Earl  Herbert 

93—  3485  Withington,  David  Little 

45—  4695  Wood,  Dr.  Clifford  Brown 

119 — 18944  Woods,  James  Frank 

87 — 14637  Woods,  Palmer  Parker 

105—18930  Woods,  Samuel  Parker 


Washington,  D.   C. 

Wailuku,  Maui 

303   Stangenwald  Bldg. 

C/o  Hawaiian  .fine  apple  Co. 

1826   S.  King  St. 

C/o  Hawaiian  Irrigation  Co., 
Kukuihaele,  Hawaii 

177  S.  King  St. 

177  S.  King  St. 

2d  Lt.,  4th  Cav.,  Fort  Eiley, 
Kansas 

Hilo,   Hawaii 

Maunawai,  Oahu 

1508  Alexander  St. 

C/o  Hawaiian  Trust  Co. 

1044  Lunalilo  St. 

C/o  Hawaiian  Gazette  Co. 

471  S.  Hotel  St. 

309  Judd  Bldg. 

Humuula,   Hawaii 

1471  Emma  St. 

Humuula,  Hawaii 

Hilo,   Hawaii 

C/o  H.  B.  Penhallow,  Wai- 
luku, Maui 

Wailuku,  Maui 

2048  Nuuanu  Ave. 

P.  O.  Box  414 

P.  O.  Box  677 

6015  Kimbark  Ave,  Chicago 

Hilo,    Hawaii 

Keeaumoku  St.  nr  Wilder  Av 

Vancouver  Highway 

Hilo,   Hawaii 

C/o   Star,   Honolulu 

Olaa,  Hawaii 

P.  O.  Box  799 

505  Stangenwald  Bldg. 

Tien-tsin,  China 

Parker  juane 

Parker  Lane 

1471   Fort   St. 

Pahala,   Hawaii 

Judd  Bldg. 

1930  Ualakaa  St. 
Hilo,  Hawaii 
Hilo,  Hawaii 
37  Merchant   St. 
166  Thurston  Ave. 
Mahukona,  Hawaii 
Kohala,   Hawaii 
Mahukona,  Hawaii 


82  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

INDEX   OF  KEVOLUTIONAKY  WAR  ANCESTORS. 

ANCESTOR.  PAGE 

Adams,  Jesse 75 

Adams,  Capt.  Samuel   74 

Alexander,  James 61 

Allen,  William    61 

Allen,  William    66 

Antes,  Capt.  Henry  57 

Axtell,  Major  Henry 55 

Baker,  Col.  Otis  63 

Baldwin,  Abial    53,  55 

Baldwin,  Capt.   Isaac    64,  65 

Bayley,  Capt.  Timothy   76 

Bell,  Capt.   William    71 

Bisbee,  Charles  73 

Bisbee,  Elisha 73 

Blake,  William   63 

Bond,  Col.  William   56 

Bray,  William    57 

Bromley,  William  1st   57 

Bromley,  William  2d    57 

Canfield,  Col.  Samuel   68 

Chamberlain,  Joseph    58,  59,  62,  69 

Chamberlain,  Wilson   58,  59,  62,  69 

Chambers,  Col.  William   52,  53,  61 

Champe,  John 78 

Chapman,  Rev.   Benjamin    5 

Chenery,  Dr.  Isaac    6 

Chittenden,  Jared    .- 67 

Clark,    Edward    54,  5 

Coffin,   Abner    63 

Collins,  Thomas 57 

Cooke,  Col.  Joseph  Platt  . . . , 53,  54,  59,  60 

Cutler,   Ebenezer    59 

Depew,  John 6 

Dickey,  Robert  P* 

Dimon,  Ensign  Daniel    '' 

Douglas,  Col.  William    52>  5o>  7» 

Eaton,  David    "2 

Eaton,  James    J* 

von  Effinger,  Capt.  John  Ignatius )••   ^ 

Ellis,  Freeman   '* 

Farrar,    Humphrey    '^ 

Farrar,   Samuel    74 

Farrington,  John  2d   J|2 

Fenn,  Capt.  Theophilus    ^ 

Ferguson,  Capt.  John  5 

Forster,  John   71 

Fowler,    Caleb    67 

Fowler,    Ebenezer    67 

Fowler,  Capt.  Josiah    53,  55,  75 

Geyer,  Balzar   70 

Goodale,  Abner   76,  77 

Green,  Capt.  John  62 

Hale,   Capt.   Jonathan    65,  66,  73 

Hamilton,  Capt.  John    55 

Hayden,   Capt.   Josiah    76 


SONS  OF  THE  AMERICAN  REVOLUTION.  83 

ANCESTOR.  PAGE 

Hempstead,  Samuel  Booth 64 

Henry,  James   61 

Hitchcock,    Eldad    74 

Hotchkiss,   Isaac    67 

Hoar,    Nathan 74 

Hobbs,  Jacob   56 

Howe,    Eliakim     76,  77 

Hubbard,    Israel 53,  54,  59,  60 

Hutchins,  Col.  Benjamin   66 

Jencks,   Capt.   Eleazar    55 

Jewett,  Capt.   Daniel 68 

Jones,   Lieut.-Col.  Jonathan    57 

Judd,  Capt.   Thomas    58,  65,  66,  78 

Kershner,  Conrad,  Jr 70 

King,    Benjamin 66 

King,  Sergt.  George   66 

Kingsbury,  Lemuel    66 

Kittredge,   Solomon 54,  59 

Knapp,  Joshua 76 

Lanpheer,  Capt.  James  64 

Leonard,   Jacob    70 

Leonard,   Philip    70 

Levan,  Abraham    70 

Little,  Col.  Moses    79 

Low,    Lieut.-Col.    John 68 

Lyman,  Lieut.  David 69 

Manwaring,   John    63 

Mariner,  Sergt.  John    69 

Mclntosh,  Peter    64,  65 

McKinney,  Lieut.   Mordecai    52,  53,  61 

McMeyer,   Gen.    Andrew    60 

Montague,  Capt.  Caleb   53,  54,  59,  60 

Moore,   Capt.   Abijah    68 

Mosely,   Joseph    65,  66,  73 

Moulton,  Col.  Jeremiah    74 

Moulton,  Brig.-Gen.  Jotham  74 

Parke,  Capt.  Matthew    71 

Parker,    Ebenezer    72,  77,  79 

Parker,   Samuel    72,  77,  79 

Parsons,    Stephen    57 

Pearce,    David    72,  73 

Penniman,   Corp.    James    60 

Pratt,    Capt.    James    . 73 

Eandolph,   Thomas   Mann    72 

Bead,    Sampson    73 

Eedington,   John    78 

Eichards,   Benjamin    69 

Eichmond,   Ephraim    74 

Eieser,  Corp.  Jacob    70 

Bobbins,  Joseph  2d 67 

Eose,  Capt.  Alexander    52,  53,  61 

Severance,  Ensign  Moses  75 

Seymour,  Lieut.-Col.   Thomas    63 

Seymour,  Capt.  Tnomas  Young   63 

Shoemaker,    Charles     70 

Sibley,  Col.  Timothy   62,  64 

Speed,  Lieut.  James   60 


84  HAWAIIAN  SOCIETY 

ANCESTOR.  PAGE 

Stanwood,  Winthrop   69 

Starr,  Capt.  Thomas    53,  54,  59,  60 

Tenney,    Jesse    . . . . 5& 

Thwing,   Sergt.   John    77 

Thwing,  Corp.  Nicholas   77 

Vaughan,   Dr.   Claiborne    65 

Wentworth,    Hunking    72,  73 

Wesson,  Ephraim   54,  59 

Whitney,  Lieut.  Jesse   58,  59,  62,  69 

Wight,   Joel    74 

Williams,   Obed    79 

Williams,  Lieut.  Samuel   58,  65,  66,  78 

Wingate,    Col.   Joshua    63 


OFFICERS  OF  ALOHA  CHAPTEE,  D.  A.  K. 
1911—1912. 

MRS.  PERLEY  L.  HORNE,  Regent 

MRS.  J.  B.  ATHERTON,  Vice-Regent 

Miss  AGNES  E.  JUDD,  Recording  Secretary 

MRS.  S.  H.  DOUGLASS,  Corresponding  Secretary 

Miss  A.  M.  Dow,  Treasurer 

MRS.  C.  H.  DICKEY,  Registrar 

MRS.  C.  H.   ATHERTON,  Historian 

MRS.  W.  W.  HALL,  Chaplain 

NAMES  OF  MEMBERS. 

Mrs.  W.  D.  Alexander  Mrs.  W.  W.  Hall 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Atherton  Mrs.  Perley  L.  Home 

Mrs.  J.  B.  Atherton  Mrs.  Agnes  H.  B.  Judd 

Miss  Kate  M.  Atherton  Miss  Agnes  E.  Judd 

Mrs.  Frank  Batchelor  Mrs.  A.  F.  Knudsen 

Mrs.  H.  P.  Beckley  Mrs.  Win.  Lambert 

Mrs.  Alice  M.  Bradstreet  Miss  Frances  A.  Lemmon 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Bryan  Mrs.  A.  Lewis,  Jr. 

Mrs.  D.  H.  Case  Mrs.  James  Lyle 

Mrs.  W.  R.  Castle  Miss  A.  S.  Marsh 

Miss  M.  A.  Chamberlain  Mrs.  Malcolm  Macintyre 

Mrs.  W.  A.  Clarke  Mrs.  A.  M.  Merrill 

Mrs.  J.  P.  Cooke  Mrs.  W.  L.  Moore 

Mrs.  S.  M.  Damon  Miss  Harriet  Needham 

Mrs.  C.  H.  Dickey  Mrs.  A.  W.  Rice 

Mrs.  S.  H.  Douglass  Mrs.  M.  F.  Scott 

Miss  Abbie  M.  Dow  Mrs.  W.  O.  Smith 

Mrs.  A.  Gartley  Miss  Harriet  Waipa 

Mrs.  J.  W.  Girvin  Miss  Isabelle  Woods 
Miss  Charlotte  V.  C.  HaU 


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